WHO declares yellow fever outbreak in South Sudan

Yellow fever is caused by an Aedes Aegypti mosquito. PHOTO | FILE | AFP 

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared an outbreak of yellow fever in the southern part of South Sudan.

The UN health agency said in a statement that two cases were identified in Kajo Keji, a region bordering Uganda, where an outbreak of the viral haemorrhagic disease was detected early this year.