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"Finally, as for the febrile illness of unknown origin which is raging in the province of Kwango, the country has recorded to date 592 reported cases and 37 deaths

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December 22, 2024

Kinshasa, December 22, 2024 (ACP).- The Democratic Republic of Congo has already recorded in the 50th week 592 notified cases and 37 deaths due to the febrile disease of unknown origin which is raging in the province of Kwango, southwest of the country, according to the Minutes of the 27th meeting of the Council of Ministers, consulted Sunday by the ACP.
"Finally, as for the febrile illness of unknown origin which is raging in the province of Kwango, the country has recorded to date 592 reported cases and 37 deaths ," we read.
According to the source, the Minister of Public Health, Hygiene and Social Security presented the report on the epidemiological situation of this disease, whose laboratory analyses showed that it is a flu including the Influenza AHINlpdm09 virus, with a prevalence of 28%...

DJ...so H1N1 involved ???
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/influenza-variants/vietnam-reports-its-first-fatal-variant-h1n1-flu-case or https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/influenza-variants/vietnam-reports-its-first-fatal-variant-h1n1-flu-case ;

Vietnam has reported its first variant H1N1 (H1N1v) flu case, which involves a 70-year-old woman who died from her illness, according to an update from the World Health Organization (WHO).
The laboratory-confirmed case of swine-origin influenza was reported in the province of Son La, on August 19, and marks the first ever variant H1N1 case in Vietnam. The source of the woman's infection isn't known.

DJ...link ? 