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Brazil orders 11.5 million yellow fever vaccines

FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2008 file photo, a person is vaccinated against yellow fever at a public hospital in Brasilia, Brazil. Brazil’s Health Ministry has ordered millions of doses of yellow fever vaccines to reinforce its stockpiles amid the largest outbreak of the disease the country has seen since 2000, the ministry said Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)
FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2008 file photo, a person is vaccinated against yellow fever at a public hospital in Brasilia, Brazil. Brazil’s Health Ministry has ordered millions of doses of yellow fever vaccines to reinforce its stockpiles amid the largest outbreak of the disease the country has seen since 2000, the ministry said Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

By Associated Press 3 min read

SAO PAULO (AP) – Brazil’s Ministry of Health has ordered 11.5 million doses of yellow fever vaccines to reinforce its stockpiles amid the largest outbreak of the disease the country has seen since 2000, officials said Wednesday.

So far during the summer rainy season, 70 cases, including 40 deaths, have been confirmed. More than 300 cases are still being investigated.

That makes it the biggest outbreak since 2000, when 85 cases were confirmed, according ministry data.

Around 5.5 million vaccine doses have already been sent to five states that have confirmed cases or are at risk, Eduardo Hage, director of the Department for Surveillance of Infectious Diseases, told a news conference.

The other 6 million ordered will arrive soon to join stockpiles. In addition, production of another 9 million doses has begun and should be available in the coming weeks.