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Ivorian health officials are vaccinating people against yellow fever in Abidjan, the commercial capital, and two other major cities, after the disease killed two people and struck nine others in recent weeks.

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During the same period, dengue fever - for which there is no vaccine - killed one person, and there have been 10 more confirmed cases, according to the Ministry of Public Health and Hygiene.

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