Senegal records 17 deaths in rare major outbreak of Rift Valley Fever

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DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal has recorded 17 deaths from Rift Valley Fever, RVF, a health ministry official said Thursday, in a rare major outbreak of the viral disease in the West African country. With 119 cases reported so far, mostly in northern Senegal’s livestock-producing region, the outbreak is raising concerns about further spread, said Dr. Boly Diop, head of RVF surveillance at the health ministry. “This is the first time Senegal has counted so many people affected,” Diop told local

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