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Yellow fever death toll rises to 88

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    At least 88 people have died from yellow fever in an unusual outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease in central Guinea.

    The epidemic is centred in the area of Mamou, about 200 km east of the capital, Conakry, a doctor with the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Conakry told IRIN on Friday.

    [See separate item titled ‘GUINEA: Yellow fever continues to claim many lives’]

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