WHO emergency committee on yellow fever to meet on Aug 31

Written By DNA Web Team | Updated: Aug 23, 2016, 03:40 PM IST

Margaret Chan

A review outbreaks of yellow fever in Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola will take place.

The World Health Organization's (WHO) emergency committee on deadly yellow fever will meet on August 31 to review outbreaks in Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola, a spokesman said on Tuesday, as a major vaccination campaigns continues.

Addressing a United Nations media briefing, Tarik Jasarevic said WHO Director-General Margaret Chan had asked the independent experts to meet and analyse the situation and response to the outbreak.