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Uganda tackles yellow fever with new travel requirement, vaccination campaign for millions

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Published 11:05 PM

By RISDEL KASASIRA
Associated Press

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda has rolled out a nationwide yellow fever vaccination campaign to help safeguard its population against the mosquito-borne disease that has long posed a threat. Uganda will now require everyone traveling to and from the country to have a yellow fever vaccination card as an international health regulation. Uganda is one of 27 countries on the African continent classified as at high risk for yellow fever outbreaks.

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