THE death toll from an outbreak of yellow fever in Guinea has risen to 42 people and the epidemic is spreading northwards, a health official said. Seventy-five cases have been diagnosed within the central Mamou region, of which 39 have died so far. Three more people died in the Labe district of the Fouta Djalon region 240 km northeast of the capital Conakry. Dozens of people have been diagnosed with the mosquito-borne viral disease since early September. – Reuters
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