Yellow fever outbreak in Angola kills 37

The authorities in Angola are saying that 37 people have died of yellow fever there since December, with eight cases being reported in the last 24 hours, the Reuters news agency says.

The outbreak of the mosquito-borne illness began in the capital, Luanda, but has spread, infecting 191 people so far, Reuters adds.

The national health director Adelaide de Carvalho says unsanitary conditions are helping it spread and "actions should be developed for the improvement of public sanitary and garbage collection," she is quoted as saying.

The Aedes aegypti mosquito is responsible for the spread of yellow fever. It also transmits the Zika virus.