Erika Malandra Il Brazil is on red alert for the yellow fever. The virus is hitting four states hard, with Sao Paulo in the eye of the storm. The numbers for 2025 are shaking the health authorities.
Yellow fever in Brazil, Sao Paulo receives two million doses for the emergency
La map of the emergency yellow fever paints a worrying picture: in addition to San Paolo in Brazil, the virus is biting Minas Gerais in the heart of the country, creeping into Roraima along the Venezuelan border and advancing in Tocantins, in the far north. Faced with this escalation, the counteroffensive begins: São Paulo is preparing to receive a shower of vaccines – two million doses by the first days of February, with 800 more vials than expected.
But the game against the virus is also being played on the field of prevention. While the calendar marks the most critical months – between now and May the risk of contagion reaches its peak – health authorities are closing ranks. Medical centers in hot areas have raised their guard, ready to identify and treat suspected cases before it is too late.
Yellow fever in Brazil, alert until May: strengthened controls and prevention
Attention is at its highest especially in rural areas and in the outskirts of some areas of the Brazil, where the virus finds fertile ground. Hospitals have strengthened their lines of defense, while an increasingly tight network of controls extends across the territory. It is a race against time, with the authorities committed to reaching even the most remote communities, where any delay in diagnosis can prove fatal.
The prevention machine is in motion: the appeal for vaccination is bouncing from the megaphones of health authorities, while medical facilities are multiplying on the ground. It is a battle that Brazil cannot afford to lose.