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Health officials grapple with deadly, mysterious ‘Disease X’ in Congo
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The flu-like disease has killed dozens in the central African country of the Democratic Republic of Congo, mostly women and children, officials said.
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WHO is investigating mystery illness behind 12 dozen deaths in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Health officials grapple with deadly, mysterious ‘Disease X’ in Congo
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — An unknown disease has killed at least 67 people over a two-week span in southwestern Congo, local authorities said. The deaths were recorded between Nov. 10 and Nov. 25 in the Panzi health zone of Kwango province.
The unidentified disease has infected at least 300 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since November 10, causing flu-like symptoms, that country’s health ministry told the BBC.
An unidentified disease has killed at least 27 people in just over a month in the southwest of the Democratic Republic of Congo, health officials said on Wednesday.
Congo's health minister says the government is "on general alert" over an unidentified disease that's killed dozens of people, about half of whom were children.
A World Health Organization (WHO) health team has been dispatched to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to investigate an outbreak of an unidentified disease that has claimed at least 79 lives since late October, a spokesperson told BNO News. Nearly 400 cases have been reported so far.
An unidentified disease has killed at least 27 people in just over a month in the southwest of the Democratic Republic of Congo, health officials said on Wednesday.
The World Health Organization said Friday it deployed experts to investigate a mystery flu-like disease that in recent weeks killed dozens of people in southwest Congo. “All efforts are underway to identify the cause of the illness, understand its modes of transmission and ensure an appropriate resp…
Several dozen people have died from an unknown disease in the DRC, and unknown numbers have become ill. This is why we need better disease surveillance.
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