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Angola says 37 dead in
yellow fever outbreak
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[February 11, 2016]
LUANDA (Reuters) - A yellow fever
outbreak in Angola has killed 37 people since December with eight new
cases reported in the last 24 hours, the country's national director of
health Adelaide de Carvalho said late on Wednesday.
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 The outbreak of yellow fever, which is transmitted by mosquito
bites, began in the Luanda suburb of Viana but has spread to other
areas of the southern African country with 191 people infected so
far.
De Carvalho said health officials were monitoring suburbs around the
capital of Luanda where infections have been worsened by unsanitary
conditions caused by a garbage collection backlog.
"Actions should be developed for the improvement of public sanitary
and garbage collection," de Carvalho said.
Symptoms of yellow fever include sudden fever, severe headache,
nausea, vomiting and fatigue, according to the Center for Disease
Control and Prevention.
(Reporting by Herculano Coroado; Writing by Mfuneko Toyana)
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