Kongo Central Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/kongo-central/ The low down on African affairs Mon, 20 Jun 2016 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Kongo Central Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/kongo-central/ 32 32 DRC declares yellow fever epidemic https://jjcornish.com/2016/06/drc-declares-yellow-fever-epidemic/ Mon, 20 Jun 2016 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2016/06/drc-declares-yellow-fever-epidemic/ The Democratic Republic of Congo’s declared  a yellow fever epidemic in three provinces . The affected provinces include the capital Kinshasa, Kongo Central and Kwango. ends intro DRC Health Minister, Felix Kabange says the declaration’s come after 67 recorded cases of the disease. Five people have died of yellow fever. The World Health Organisation says  […]

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The affected provinces include the capital Kinshasa, Kongo Central and Kwango.

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DRC Health Minister, Felix Kabange says

the declaration’s come after 67 recorded cases of the disease.

Five people have died of yellow fever.

The World Health Organisation says  a yellow fever case originates from a local mosquito in the capital, Kinshasa.

This is the first direct case of the disease in the country given that most of those reported earlier are believed to have been imported.

The global health body had been undertaking widespread vaccination of people, despite reports that the global stockpile of vaccines are depleting and not being replaced.

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