On 20 April 2020 WHO received information regarding a confirmed yellow fever case in Galangashie health area located 30 km from Mango village Oti district Savanes region in the northern part of Togo The case is a 55 year old woman with no vaccination history for yellow fever She had onset of symptoms on 31 January 2020 and presented to a health facility on 3 February 2020 with fever and aches The following day she developed jaundice and a blood sample was taken On 7 February the blood sample was transported to the national laboratory On 10 February the sample from the case was received at the national laboratory and test results on 17 March were Immunoglobulin M IgM positive for yellow fever The positive yellow fever result was confirmed by the Institute Pasteur in Dakar Senegal a yellow fever reference laboratory on 14 April 2020 by seroneutralisation