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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…
