Yellow fever outbreak raises Brazil health alert

SAO PAULO— Brazil’s Ministry of Health has ordered 11.5 million doses of yellow fever vaccines to reinforce its stockpiles amid the largest outbreak of the disease the country has seen since 2000, officials said on Wednesday. So far during the summer rainy season, 70 cases, including 40 deaths, have been confirmed. More than 300 cases are still being investigated. That makes it the biggest outbreak since 2000, when 85 cases were confirmed, according to ministry data. At least 5.5 million vaccine doses have already been sent to five states that have confirmed cases or are at risk.—

AP A vaccine is administered against yellow fever in Brasilia. Brazil has ordered millions of doses of the vaccines amid an outbreak.—