Colombian government declares health emergency due to increase in yellow fever cases
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Many people do not experience symptoms from the disease, while others experience fever, muscle pain, headache, loss of appetite, nausea or vomiting, according to the WHO. In most cases, symptoms disappear after three to four days.
Colombia’s health ministry declared a nationwide health emergency on Thursday due to the “active circulation” of yellow fever. Since September 2024, there have been 75 recorded cases of yellow fever and 34 deaths from the illness, according to the Colombian Health Ministry. Nine of the country’s 32 departments have reported at least one case of yellow fever. Most were detected in rural areas of the Tolima and Meta departments, the Amazon basin, and the Magdalena River region. Cases have also been reported in areas where the virus has not been historically located, such as the coffee-growing Caldas region, according to the president’s office. Some regions were already under alert before it was extended nationwide due to the expected surge in travel during Easter weekend. Travel to some zones with a critical virus presence will also be restricted under the health emergency. Yellow fever is a disease that is transmitted to humans by the bites of infected mosquitoes.

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