Health officials in St Kitts are monitoring reports of an outbreak of yellow fever in Brazil to ensure that the disease does not spread to St Kitts. The Ministry of Health says it is monitoring the outbreak of yellow fever in Brazil days after a traveller from the Netherlands went to Brazil and picked up the disease. St Kitts will be increasing surveillance at the port of entries to safeguard from passengers coming from affected countries. A World Health Organization release last week indicated that as of April 3, yellow fever virus transmission continues to expand towards the Atlantic coast of Brazil
