Tag: yellow fever

• Tuesday, May 6th 2025 - 10:30 UTC

  Ecuador under epidemiological alert for pertussis, yellow fever, and leptospirosis

  

  Ecuador has mandated mask-wearing in schools across provinces like Guayas, Manabí, Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas, Guayaquil, and Pichincha for 60 days due to an epidemiological alert caused by rising cases of whooping cough (321 cases, primarily in children) and yellow fever (four cases in Amazonian provinces).

• Wednesday, January 15th 2025 - 10:33 UTC

  Paraguayans flock to yellow fever vaccination centers

  

  Paraguayan health authorities reported an increase in the demand for the yellow fever vaccine from people willing to travel to Brazil for the summer season.

• Monday, May 29th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

  Yellow fever deaths recorded again in São Paulo

  

  After two years without any cases, São Paulo health authorities reported during the weekend that two patients had died from yellow fever this year after four people were infected. Although both fatalities took place in the State of São Paulo, one of the victims was a resident of Minas Gerais. The State had had no cases of the disease since 2020 when one record was confirmed.

• Saturday, February 12th 2022 - 09:33 UTC

  Paraguay to require yellow fever vax when travel includes risk areas

  

  In times when controversies over COVID-19 vaccination mandates keep mounting worldwide, Paraguay's authorities Friday announced a proof of immunization against yellow fever will be required to travelers arriving from or leaving for Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, and Venezuela.

• Monday, March 19th 2018 - 08:41 UTC

  If visiting Brazil get yellow fever shots, recommends CDC, outbreak has spread to urban areas

  

  Travelers to Brazil are being warned to vaccinate themselves against yellow fever due to an outbreak of the disease in urban areas, the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) warned in a press release on Friday.