In an update on the yellow fever outbreak in Brazil, the number of confirmed cases now stand at 396 since December 2016. The number of confirmed yellow fever cases in Brazil has surged to 396 since this year , with 134 of them – or 34% – being fatal. In response, 396 extra vaccine doses have been sent to states with confirmed cases of the highly contagious disease so far this year . Over this year the entire population of Brazil will be vaccinated. As we previously noted, there are fears yellow fever could spread from Zika to the US , much like the Zika virus.
The number of confirmed yellow fever cases in Brazil has surged to 396 since this year , with 134 of them – or 34% – being fatal. In response, 396 extra vaccine doses have been sent to states with confirmed cases of the highly contagious disease so far this year . Over this year the entire population of Brazil will be vaccinated. As we previously noted, there are fears yellow fever could spread from Zika to the US , much like the Zika virus.