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The Fujian Province Health & Family Planning Commission has reported 3 new cases of yellow fever in worker returning from Angola.
The first case is a 42-year-old, male from Datian County, Sanming City in Fujian Province who was on business in Luanda. The second case is a 36-year-old female, from Fuqing City, Fuzhou Municipality, Fujian Province, who was in Luanda on business. The third case is a 53-year-old female also from Fuqing City who was in Luanda on business.
(Via Xinhua (in Chinese) - accessed 04/04/16)
There is no yellow fever circulating in China, however, the vector mosquito (Aedes aegypti) is present and there is a risk that yellow fever virus could be introduced into the mosquito population if a patient, viraemic with yellow fever was to be bitten by a mosquito. The dengue fever season begins in July in this part of China.
For this reason China has a YF certificate requirement: A yellow fever vaccination certificate is required for travellers over 9 months of age arriving from countries with risk of yellow fever transmission and for all travellers having transited through the airport of a country with risk of yellow fever transmission.
