Yellow fever is at risk of a global outbreak

Experts warning the raging yellow fever epidemic in Angola could spark the global health crisis due to a shortage of vaccines.

From December 2015 until now, the yellow fever has killed 277 Angola people, BBC quoted the World Health Organization (WHO). According to reports, only 6 million over 24.3 million Angolans are vaccinated and the entire stock of emergency vaccines has been depleted.

Vaccine resources are likely to spark the global yellow fever epidemic.(Photo: AFP).

Do not stop at Angola, the yellow fever virus has attacked to Congo, Kenya and China. It is estimated that it will take another 6 months to produce more vaccines, the waiting time is too long. In addition, pharmaceutical companies around the world also limit the amount of vaccine produced.

In the article The Yellow Fever, a new global emergency in the Journal of the American Medical Association , Professor Daniel Lucey and Lawrence Gostinsay from Georgetown University (USA) warned that vaccine shortage would lead to medical crisis. if the disease is more widespread in Africa, Asia and the Americas. The two authors suggest that WHO "needs to quickly convene an emergency committee to mobilize capital, coordinate international response teams and promote vaccine production."

Yellow fever can cause bleeding, jaundice, kidney failure.Yellow fever virus mosquito is also infected with Zika virus leading to small head disease. Yellow fever usually occurs in Africa and South America. The vaccine prevents the disease but there is no specific treatment for people with the virus.