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Yellow Fever — Republic of Congo
On Thursday [27 Sep 2018], the government of the Republic of Congo will begin what it calls a robust and coordinated response against the yellow fever outbreak recorded in some parts of the country. The planned response follows the health ministry’s warning last month [August 2018] of “an emerging event of epidemic proportions.”
According to the head of the government’s epidemics unit, Lambert Kitembo, 186 suspected cases of yellow fever have been detected this year [2018], many of which