Authorities say the mystery flu-like illness that has killed dozens of people in southwest Congo in recent weeks might be malaria. They cite results from laboratory samples of infected people.
that has killed dozens of people in southwest Congo in recent weeks might be malaria, according to results from laboratory samples of infected people, authorities said Wednesday.
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.Most of the cases and deaths are in children under 14 in the remote Panzi health zone in Congo’s western Kwango province, according to the WHO.
“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.” The Panzi health zone, around 435 miles from the capital, Kinshasa, is hard to access. The experts took two days to arrive, according to Congo’s health minister.
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