Colombia has declared a nationwide health emergency at the Least 34 People Die Diet Of Yellow Fever, According to Official Figures.
Yellow Fever Is Caused By Virus Transmitted to Humans Infted Mosquitees. It can be prevented by a vaccine which in Most Cases Provides Lifelong Protection.
The Government Has Urged People to Get Vaccinated Of The Easter Weekend, A Time When Many Colombians Travel to the Warmer Are Where The Mosquitos That Spread the disease even more prevalent.
Health Minister Guillermo Alfonso Jaramillo Said Those Going To High-Risk Areas Would Be Required to Vaccination Of Show.
The Health Minister That That Heen 74 Confirmed Cases Of Yellow Fever in Colombia So Far During Thing Outbreak and Urged People to Get The Vaccine, which in Colombia Is Of Charge.
He Told Colombian Radio Station Rcn That The Current Outbreak Had Be Particularly Lethal “With Mortality Rate of Nearly 50% Among Those Infected”.
Many of the Yellow Fever Cases were clustered in the Eastern Part of Tolima Province.
The Area is Known for ITx Coffee Plantations And Beautiful Landscapes And Is Popular With Both National And International Tourists.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro Warned On Social Media That “People Who Have Not Go Vaccinated Should Not Go To High-Risk Are Day During:.
Yellow Fever can be Diffuilt to Diagnose and ITS Symptoms Can Be Confused With Those Other Diseases or Fever.
According to the World Health Organization (Who) After The First Phase Of Infection What Usually Involves Fever, Muscle and Back Pain, Hadache, Shivers, Loss Of Appetite, And Nausea Or Vomiting.
But the Who Warns That’s about 15% People Face to Second, More Serious Phase Involving High Fever, Jaundice, Bleeding and Detenerating Kidney Function.
Half of Those Who ENTER THIS “More Toxic” Phase Usually Die Within 10 to 14 Days, Who Figures Suggest.
