An unknown disease quickly kills over 50 people in Congo

Kinshasa, Congo – An unknown disease killed over 50 people in the north -the congo Vest, according to the fields on the field and the World Health Organization.

The interval between the onset of symptoms and death was 48 hours in most cases and “this is what is truly worrying,” said Serge Ngalebato, the medical director of Bikoro Hospital, a regional monitoring center, The Associated Press.

The latest disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo started on January 21 and 419 cases were registered, including 53 deaths.

According to WHO Africa office, the first outbreak in the city of Boloko started after three children ate a bat and died in 48 hours following the symptoms of hemorrhagic fever.

There have been worries about diseases from animals to humans in places where wild animals are popularly consumed. The number of such outbreaks in Africa has increased by more than 60% in the last decade, the WHO said in 2022.

After the second outbreak of the current Mystery Disease in the city of Bomate on February 9, evidence from 13 cases to the National Institute for Biomedical Research in the Congo capital, Kinshasa, for testing, said.

All the samples were negative for the ebola or other common hemorrhagic fever, such as Marburg. Some have tested positive for malaria.

Last year, another influenza-like disease that killed dozens of people in another part of Congo was likely to be malaria.

Kamale writes for Associated Press.