Many deaths from yellow fever outbreak Brazil

brasilia - Health authorities in Brazil are by all means in the back to prevent an outbreak of yellow fever assumes epidemic proportions. The dangerous infectious disease has taken so far certainly seventy people, of whom forty are deceased.

In addition there are 368 suspected cases registered, with another 47 deaths. That's the largest number since 2003. Last year was diagnosed only seven times in Brazil. In nine states displace residents are to be vaccinated. The vaccines are likely to touch on that.

The outbreak is located in a rural area in the west of Minas Gerais. The region was hit last year by the worst environmental disaster in modern history then broke a dam wall at an iron mine and landed a large amount of heavily contaminated sludge into the nearby river. This had serious consequences for the ecosystem.

Employees of the Health Department said Wednesday in Brasilia that investigation should show to what extent outbreaks of yellow fever, transmitted by the same mosquitoes that spread dengue and also zikavirus, is a result of the environmental disaster.