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December

• Rift Valley fever - Saudi Arabia, ProMED-mail, 18 December 2000 -- The death toll from Rift Valley fever (RVF), [caused by] a virus that has affected the Arabian peninsula for more than 2 months, has risen to 109 in Saudi Arabia
• SUDAN: Qatar resumes meat imports, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 04 December 2000 -- The importations have been resumed after a regional ban was imposed by the Gulf States due to Rift Valley fever.

  November

• ETHIOPIA: Ogaden livestock traders hit hard by ban, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 25 November 2000 -- When the Gulf States slapped a Rift Valley fever ban on all livestock imports from the Horn of Africa region in October, crisis hit the Ogaden.

  October

• Rift Valley fever in Yemen - Update 4, World Health Organization, 26 October 2000 -- As of 19 October, the Ministry of Public Health in Yemen has reported 653 suspected cases, including 80 deaths.
• WHO reports rising death tolls from disease outbreaks in Uganda and Saudi Arabia, UN News, 25 October 2000 -- The death toll from outbreaks of Ebola fever in Uganda and Rift Valley fever in Saudi Arabia continues to rise, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) said today.
• Rift Valley fever in Saudi Arabia - Update 3, World Health Organization, 25 October 2000 -- As of 23 October 2000, 443 cases with 85 deaths of Rift Valley fever were reported by the Ministry of Health of Saudi Arabia.
• Rift Valley fever in Yemen - Update 3, World Health Organization, 19 October 2000 -- The World Health Organization (WHO) is launching an appeal for US$ 975 000 to support international efforts to control and prevent Rift Valley Fever (RVF) in Yemen.
• Rift Valley fever in Saudi Arabia - Update 2, World Health Organization, 10 October 2000 -- As of 8 October, the Ministry of Health in Saudi Arabia has reported 291 suspected cases of Rift Valley fever, including 64 deaths
• Rift Valley fever in Yemen - Update 2, World Health Organization, 03 October 2000 -- As of 2 October, 321 suspected cases of Rift Valley fever (RVF) with 32 deaths have been reported in Yemen.

  September

• Rift Valley fever in Saudi Arabia, World Health Organization, 18 September 2000 -- As of 17 September, the Health Ministry of Saudi Arabia reported 16 deaths in humans, 14 males and 2 females, from Rift Valley fever in the Jizan region in southwestern Saudi Arabia
• Rift Valley fever in Saudi Arabia - Update...Acute haemorrhagic fever in Yemen - Update, World Health Organization, 29 September 2000 -- The World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners are responding to an outbreak of Rift Valley Fever (RVF) in Saudi Arabia (Jizan Province) and an outbreak of acute haemorrhagic fever syndrome in Yemen, (Wadi Mawr, Al-Hudaydah Governorate), which is suspected to be RVF.

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