YELLOW fever outbreak in Angola has
killed 51 people out of 241 suspected cases, in the first epidemic of the
disease to hit the country in 30 years, official statistics showed Monday.
The centre of the outbreak is the capital
Luanda’s eastern suburb of Viana where 29 deaths and 92 cases have been
reported over the last six weeks, national director of public health Adelaide
de Carvalho said.
There is no specific treatment for the viral
hemorrhagic disease which is transmitted by infected mosquitoes and found in
tropical regions of Africa and Latin America’s Amazon region.Authorities have launched a mass vaccination
drive targeting about 1.5 million people.Angola lies in the yellow fever belt of Africa
where vaccination against the disease is recommended.
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