Post Reply - New flu kills 143 in the Congo

the World Health Organization said it hasn't conclusively determined the cause of the illness yet and lab testing is ongoing..... https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...a/77044559007/

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BREAKING: Disease in remote area of DR Congo officially identified as severe form of malaria, health ministry says - Reuters

DJ, So no "new flu" malaria & poverty killing in DRC.

https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/africa/emerging-diseases-other-health-threats-ah/1001427-drc-kwango-at-least-31-confirmed-deaths-due-to-epidemics-of-undiagnosed-origin-reported-in-panzi-november-30-2024-most-rapid-tests-positive-for-malaria-investigations-ongoing?view=stream

or; https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/africa/emerging-diseases-other-health-threats-ah/1001427-drc-kwango-at-least-31-confirmed-deaths-due-to-epidemics-of-undiagnosed-origin-reported-in-panzi-november-30-2024-most-rapid-tests-positive-for-malaria-investigations-ongoing?view=stream;

Treyfish replied
Today, 10:50 AM
sounds like crap to me.

Congo’s health ministry says unknown disease is severe malaria

Reuters
-17 Dec 2024, 11:05 PM
The previously unidentified illness killed 143 people in the southwestern Kwango province. LUBUMBASHI: Democratic Republic of Congo’s health ministry said today that a previously unidentified disease circulating in the country’s Panzi health zone is a severe form of malaria.

Earlier this month, local authorities said the disease had killed 143 people in the southwestern Kwango province in November.
“The mystery has finally been solved. It’s a case of severe malaria in the form of a respiratory illness … and weakened by malnutrition,” the health ministry said in a statement.

It also said that 592 cases had been reported since October 2020 with a fatality rate of 6.2%.

https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/ca...evere-malaria/
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Treyfish replied
Today, 10:53 AM
.....In an emailed statement to USA TODAY, the World Health Organization said it hasn't conclusively determined the cause of the illness yet and lab testing is ongoing.....
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...a/77044559007/

DJ, Maybe the poverty/lack of care aspect not very welcome...