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spanishpete Serial expat

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spanishpeteSerial expat25 January 2017 07:21:40

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Brazil sees sharp rise in yellow fever cases

From the BBC

Health officials in Brazil say there has been a sharp rise in the cases of yellow fever in the country.

They said there had been 63 confirmed cases of the mosquito-borne illness so far this year, up from seven in the whole of 2016.

Most of the cases have been in rural areas of Minas Gerais state, a Ministry of Health statement said.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-38733091

VictoriaChandler Serial expat

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VictoriaChandlerSerial expat28 January 2017 17:54:57

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Will you get vaccinated?

spanishpete Serial expat

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spanishpeteSerial expat28 January 2017 18:50:07

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Only if I get it

stevefunk Serial expat

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stevefunkSerial expat14 February 2017 14:34:54

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I had to be vaccinated in order to travel back to South Africa from Brazil.....in otherwords if you live in South Africa the law in SA states you have to show a yellow fever card on entering and leaving, as SA used to have yellow fever but it has been eradicated.

It was an awful vaccination I felt sick for two days afterwards with a mild fever and no energy I can only attribute to been from the vaccine.

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