Situation Report: Yellow fever outbreak in Angola, 15 May 2016
Two million four hundred thousand (2.4 million) doses of yellow fever vaccine received in Angola on the 12 May 2016.
Angola will be vaccinating additional 2.6 million people in 16 districts from 5 provinces starting Sunday 15 May 2016.
Four new districts reported confirmed cases, making a total of 72 districts in 14 provinces.
Preliminarily analysis conducted by the IPD (Pasteur Institute Dakar) on yellow fever samples collected during the current epidemic revealed that the circulating virus strain is closely related to the virus strain identified in the 1971 outbreak in Angola.
Vaccination is now been carried out in the Provinces (and districts) of : Cuanza Sul (Ebo, Cassonge, Seles, Libolo, Amboim), Benguela (Baia Farta, Balombo, Benguela, Cubal), Huila (Quipungo, Caconda), Uíge (Negage, Uíge), Huambo ( (Bailundo, Ekunha e Ukuma).
