An unknown illness killed 143 individuals in a south-west province of Democratic Republic of the Congo in November, native authorities instructed Reuters.
Contaminated individuals had flu-like signs together with excessive fever and extreme complications, Remy Saki, the deputy governor of Kwango province, and Apollinaire Yumba, the provincial minister of well being, mentioned on Monday.
A medical staff has been despatched to the Panzi well being zone to gather samples and perform an evaluation to establish the illness.
The state of affairs was extraordinarily worrying because the variety of contaminated individuals continued to rise, mentioned Cephorien Manzanza, a civil society chief.
“Panzi is a rural well being zone, so there’s a downside with the availability of medicines,” Manzanza mentioned.
Sick individuals died in their very own properties for lack of therapy, Saki and Yumba mentioned.
An area epidemiologist mentioned ladies and youngsters had been essentially the most significantly affected by the illness.
A World Well being Group spokesperson mentioned on Tuesday the UN well being company had been alerted to the presence of the illness final week, and it was working alongside DRC’s public well being ministry to make additional investigations.
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