Sao Paulo — Brazil is firing from all barrels to stop a yellow fever surge that has already killed dozens, but with vaccines short, the ammunition is already running out. Hundreds of frustrated and increasingly worried people have been lining up outside medical centres in Sao Paulo in recent weeks in hopes of getting their vaccination. Some were treated and others told there was none available. Authorities in Brazil’s most populous state, with 45-million residents, are trying to make up for the shortfall by distributing partial doses. The potentially fatal virus, transmitted by mosquitoes, is common in Brazil but the scope this year has taken authorities by surprise in Sao Paulo, while tension is also rising in Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais states. Last year, there was a total of 53 cases, with 16 deaths, in Sao Paulo. By comparison, there have been 134 cases with 52 fatalities here in the first three weeks of January alone. Brazilian authorities aim to vaccinate almost 22-million...
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