WHO announces end of yellow fever outbreak in DRC

The World Health Organisation has declared an end to a yellow fever outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

The news comes two months after neighbouring Angola declared its epidemic to be over, following a massive vaccination campaign.

No new cases have been reported in either country in six months.

In all, more than 400 people died in the outbreak.
 
In a statement the WHO said the epidemic prompted a campaign to vaccinate 30 million people in the two countries with more than 41 thousand volunteers and 56 charities carrying out the mass immunisation program. 
 

SOURCE: BBC NEWS