Authorities say the mystery flu-like illness that has killed dozens of people in southwest Congo in recent weeks might be malaria.
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In recent weeks, there were 416 reported cases of the mystery disease and 31 deaths from it in hospitals, WHO director-general said. There were another 44 deaths in the community, Congo's health minister Roger Kamba said last week. “He had a high fever, a headache and was very weak,” Kasongo told the AP. “We were very worried because of the number of deaths, especially among children, but God be praised, he is out.”
Because of the lack of local testing capacity, samples had to be taken to Kikwit, more than 500 kilometers away, the head of the National Institute for Public Health, Dieudonne Mwamba, said last week.
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