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Eddie Clamp
06-02-2011, 09:46
Zanzibar issues yellow fever warning

Travellers to Zanzibar are being warned to ensure they are vaccinated against yellow fever after an outbreak of the disease in Uganda - the first in 40 years - left 53 dead. Symptoms of the msosquito-borne virus - which has 50% mortality rate - include headaches, backache, fever, nusea and vomiting blood.

http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroad/travel-advice-by-country/sub-saharan-africa/tanzania