Health Alerts

São Paulo, Paraná and Santa Catarina have reported confirmed yellow fever infections this year – the majority (68) were in São Paulo – and people with more exposure to rural regions were more likely to become infected. Outbreaks on yellow fever among non-human primates (epizootics) were more common in southern regions, in particular, Paraná, but also São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Pará and Santa Catarina. Read more.