Yellow Fever outbreak in Ebonyi State, Nigeria

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) is investigating a suspected Yellow fever outbreak in Ebonyi State and has had a Rapid Response in place since the end of July, supported by the WHO. The investigation has uncovered that between May 1 and August 7, 2019, there had been cases that fit into the case definition for Yellow fever with 20 deaths in Izzi LGA, Ebonyi State. Nigeria has been reporting Yellow Fever outbreaks all around the country since September 2017 with 78 cases laboratory-confirmed in Nigeria as at the 31st of July 2019. Read more.

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