New flu kills 143 in the Congo
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Posted By: KiwiMum
Subject: New flu kills 143 in the Congo
Date Posted: 04 Dec 2024 at 11:04am
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I saw this mentioned yesterday and here it is again today with a new flu like illness reported in the Congo. 376 people have sickened with it and 143 have died. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-14157177/unknown-illness-congo-avoid-mass-gatherings-deaths-flu-symptoms-pandemic.html - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-14157177/unknown-illness-congo-avoid-mass-gatherings-deaths-flu-symptoms-pandemic.html
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Posted By: Dutch Josh 2
Date Posted: 04 Dec 2024 at 11:07pm
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https://afludiary.blogspot.com/2024/12/drc-reports-of-fatal-mystery-disease-in.html - https://afludiary.blogspot.com/2024/12/drc-reports-of-fatal-mystery-disease-in.html or https://afludiary.blogspot.com/2024/12/drc-reports-of-fatal-mystery-disease-in.html referring to https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/africa/emerging-diseases-other-health-threats-ah/1001427-drc-kwango-several-deaths-due-to-an-epidemic-of-unknown-origin-reported-in-panzi?view=stream - https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/africa/emerging-diseases-other-health-threats-ah/1001427-drc-kwango-several-deaths-due-to-an-epidemic-of-unknown-origin-reported-in-panzi?view=stream or https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/africa/emerging-diseases-other-health-threats-ah/1001427-drc-kwango-several-deaths-due-to-an-epidemic-of-unknown-origin-reported-in-panzi?view=stream DJ-WHO team may arrive in the area soon. Since basic medical infrastructure may be missing it will take time to find out what is happening... It even may be another system of administration now picks up deaths missed before...so "no new flu" but people dying from "flu-like disease" that were not included in earlier statistics... From CoViD to H5N1/H5-H7 flu-types...lots of possible causes...maybe even "mixed". Some extra CoViD-deaths, TB/HIV-AIDS linked, flu...resulting in a high statistic "news story".... Basic problem is keeping countries poor, denying basic healthcare to billions of people because of "neo-liberal market dogmatism"-stupidity... I try to follow this story in "new pandemic"...But I will NOT be surprised if there is "no further news"-no findings...
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Posted By: Dutch Josh 2
Date Posted: 05 Dec 2024 at 8:45am
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https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/africa/emerging-diseases-other-health-threats-ah/1001427-drc-kwango-several-deaths-due-to-an-epidemic-of-unknown-origin-reported-in-panzi?view=stream - https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/africa/emerging-diseases-other-health-threats-ah/1001427-drc-kwango-several-deaths-due-to-an-epidemic-of-unknown-origin-reported-in-panzi?view=stream or https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/africa/emerging-diseases-other-health-threats-ah/1001427-drc-kwango-several-deaths-due-to-an-epidemic-of-unknown-origin-reported-in-panzi?view=stream latest; https://flutrackers.com/forum/member/3255-pathfinder"> https://flutrackers.com/forum/member/3255-pathfinder - Pathfinder replied Translation Google “Unknown” disease, dozens dead: four questions on a troubling situation in the DRC The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on "maximum alert", has put forward several explanatory hypotheses, while the WHO has sent a team to the site to analyse samples. By Nicolas Berrod December 5 , 2024 at 2:48 p.m. Five years after the emergence of Covid , a new “unknown virus” could cause trouble in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) . Hundreds of people have fallen ill, dozens of them have died. The situation is nevertheless very different and does not inspire the same concern on a global scale, although it intrigues scientists. "We are on maximum alert," stressed this Thursday the Minister of Public Health of the DRC, Samuel Roger Kamba Mulamba, during a press conference. We take stock. 1. What happened? In late November, the government of the central African country was warned that many people were suffering from symptoms resembling severe flu syndrome (high fever, headache, runny nose, anemia, etc.) in a remote area of the country called Panzi. This area has " 71% of children suffering from malnutrition , one of the highest rates in the country," the Minister of Health said. 40% of the sick are children. 2. What is the exact death toll? It is still uncertain, but it amounts to several dozen deaths minimum. "An unknown public health event" detected since October 24 has "already caused the death of 27 people out of a total of 382 people affected", according to the National Institute of Public Health, Hygiene and Social Prevention, in a report dated Tuesday evening. But in a press release published on its Facebook page on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, the DRC Ministry of Public Health mentioned a much higher number, namely 79 deaths among 376 patients. And the day before, Tuesday, local authorities had indicated to the Reuters agency that the toll had risen to... 143 deaths! Minister Samuel Roger Kamba Mulamba gave details this Thursday. 27 people died of this same disorder in hospital, including 10 due to a lack of transfusion, and 44 succumbed in other places. That is 71 in total, provided that the death is really still linked to this disease. 3. What are the possible hypotheses? There are many. It could be a cluster of an already known disease, such as Ebola , hemorrhagic fever or virulent flu. The hypothesis of a less severe disease, such as Covid, seems unlikely due to the very high mortality rate. But it is not ruled out, as the population is generally in poor health and therefore more at risk of serious illness. The possibility of a new virus is not excluded either. In any case, "we can talk about a respiratory disease, because people die of severe respiratory distress," says Minister Samuel Roger Kamba Mulamba. The mystery is all the more difficult to solve since "the DRC is one of the poorest countries on the planet but also one of the hottest spots for epidemic emergence," says epidemiologist Antoine Flahault. It has been the most affected by mpox (ex-monkeypox) for a year, for example. Due to a lack of resources (screening, prevention, etc.) and without a developed health system, it is complicated or even impossible to quickly identify the pathogen in question. 4. What are health authorities doing? A doctor, three epidemiologists, a laboratory manager and several experts were dispatched to the scene as soon as the alert was received at the end of November, indicated Samuel Roger Kamba Mulamba. As access was difficult, they took two days to arrive. A first consolidated assessment was therefore announced on Tuesday, December 3. The World Health Organization told us on Thursday that it had sent a team to the site "to collect samples for laboratory analysis." When asked when the results might be available, the agency was unable to respond. The DRC government expects them by the end of the week. - Unknown disease in Kwango: death toll rises from 70 to 130 Published on Thu, 05/12/2024 - 05:11 | Modified on Thu, 05/12/2024 - 05:16 The number of people who have died from an as yet unidentified disease in the Panzi health zone in Kwango has risen from around sixty to around one hundred in a matter of days. According to the provincial Minister of Health, Apollinaire Yumba Tiabakwau, nearly 382 people presenting symptoms of this disease are registered in seven of the thirty health areas in this zone: "What we had reported from November 10 to 25 was 67 deaths. Now, when the team went down yesterday, along the way, they found in a village where the medical team and civil society reported at least 20 deaths. And in another village that was not counted in the same period, they found at least 40 deaths, plus the 4 that were added today. Which makes 131 deaths as of today . " This team of epidemiology experts was dispatched by the provincial government to Panzi to try to determine the nature of the disease and attempt to provide treatment. " They are still on the ground in Panzi. "Concretely, they are taking samples (to be sent to INERB), raising awareness to limit the migratory movement of the population, teaching the population about barrier measures. They have given a batch of medicines that MP Jonathan Bialusuka Wata sent ," said Dr Apollinaire Yumba. According to him, the National Ministry of Health has announced the dispatch of another team to the site to join and reinforce the one already on site for the care of the sick. "The active cases are there." DJ, So...population in area very poor, lots of healthissues...a virus can give the last push... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwango - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwango or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwango population 2,6 million...even on wikipedia very limited info...
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Posted By: Dutch Josh 2
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2024 at 1:05pm
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https://x.com/outbreakupdates - - https://x.com/outbreakupdates - < aria-expanded="false" aria-haspopup="menu" aria-label="More" role="" ="-175oi2r r-1777fci r-bt1l66 r-bztko3 r-lrvibr r-1loqt21 r-1ny4l3l" -testid="caret" ="" style="text-align: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-family: inherit; align-items: stretch; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; border-color: black; display: flex; flex-basis: auto; flex-direction: column; flex-shrink: 0; list-style: none; margin: 0px; min-height: 20px; min-width: 0px; padding: 0px; : relative; : 0; overflow: ; justify-: center; cursor: pointer; outline-style: none; user-: none;"> Results are expected today for the mysterious respiratory pathogen in Congo. DJ, a speculation ? https://x.com/abd_jabbar - - https://x.com/abd_jabbar - · https://x.com/abd_jabbar/status/1865394961484754970 - H7N9 with mutation enabling fast spread between humans - https://x.com/HmpxvT">  https://x.com/HmpxvT - - https://x.com/HmpxvT - < aria-expanded="false" aria-haspopup="menu" aria-label="More" role="" ="-175oi2r r-1777fci r-bt1l66 r-bztko3 r-lrvibr r-1loqt21 r-1ny4l3l" -testid="caret" ="" style="text-align: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-family: inherit; align-items: stretch; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; border-color: black; display: flex; flex-basis: auto; flex-direction: column; flex-shrink: 0; list-style: none; margin: 0px; min-height: 20px; min-width: 0px; padding: 0px; : relative; : 0; overflow: ; justify-: center; cursor: pointer; outline-style: none; user-: none;">  BREAKING:
The "mystery disease" in the DRC has now spread to seven of the 30 health zones in Kwango province, according to WHO.
Most cases are reported in three of the seven affected health zones..... https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/africa/emerging-diseases-other-health-threats-ah/1001427-drc-kwango-several-deaths-due-to-an-epidemic-of-unknown-origin-reported-in-panzi-november-30-2024?view=stream - https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/africa/emerging-diseases-other-health-threats-ah/1001427-drc-kwango-several-deaths-due-to-an-epidemic-of-unknown-origin-reported-in-panzi-november-30-2024?view=stream or https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/africa/emerging-diseases-other-health-threats-ah/1001427-drc-kwango-several-deaths-due-to-an-epidemic-of-unknown-origin-reported-in-panzi-november-30-2024?view=stream Should be on top of the story...if there is ONE story...(very likely to be complex). https://x.com/HmpxvT - - https://x.com/HmpxvT - · https://x.com/HmpxvT/status/1865464955102708162 - Still no update from the DRC regarding what might be behind the epidemic there.
Africa CDC expects results today. See also https://africacdc.org/news/ - https://africacdc.org/news/ or https://africacdc.org/news/ ...
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Posted By: Dutch Josh 2
Date Posted: 08 Dec 2024 at 12:22pm
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DJ, Lots of "stories/claims" on the very remote DRC/Angola border area disease outbreak-but still "no news"... https://afludiary.blogspot.com/2024/12/who-don-undiagnosed-disease-democratic.html - https://afludiary.blogspot.com/2024/12/who-don-undiagnosed-disease-democratic.html https://afludiary.blogspot.com/2024/12/who-don-undiagnosed-disease-democratic.html ; We have a lengthy report this afternoon from the WHO on the (still) undiagnosed disease outbreak in the DRC. It was hoped that we'd have results this weekend, but it is the rainy season, and this is happening in a remote and poorly accessible region of the country, making access difficult. For now, WHO is working to determine the cause - or causes - of this outbreak, and has declared the risk to the affected communities as high, while at a national level it is moderate. For now, they state: Given the clinical presentation and symptoms reported, and a number of associated deaths, acute pneumonia, influenza, COVID-19, measles and malaria are being considered as potential causal factors with malnutrition as a contributing factor. We've been following this closely for several days and will obviously continue to do so. - The majority of cases reported are among children, particularly those under five years of age. The area is rural and remote, with access further hindered by the ongoing rainy season. Reaching it from Kinshasa by road takes an estimated 48 hours. These challenges, coupled with limited diagnostics in the region, have delayed the identification of the underlying cause. DJ, Again-it may be an outbreak of a mix of diseases in combination with "statistics"- maybe indicating a high number of deaths that may have been missed before... If "answers were easy we would have an answer by now"....The longer it takes-very likely-the more "complex" the story may be...Number of cases may NOT represent people with all the same symptoms...So even that part of the story is a ???? The total lack of healthcare facilities in some parts of the globe, people living in extreme poverty, is a major underlying problem linked to "rich countries keeping the rest poor"...
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Posted By: Dutch Josh 2
Date Posted: 08 Dec 2024 at 9:52pm
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https://x.com/HelenBranswell"> Helen Branswell  https://x.com/HelenBranswell - · https://x.com/HelenBranswell/status/1865880519994663146 - The lab results from Panzi, DRC still aren't in — for completely understandable reasons — so it's not yet known what is causing the outbreak there. But an update from https://x.com/WHO - @WHO suggests known diseases exacerbated by severe malnutrition could be the cause.link; https://www.statnews.com/2024/12/08/drc-outbreak-who-investigation/ - https://www.statnews.com/2024/12/08/drc-outbreak-who-investigation/ or https://www.statnews.com/2024/12/08/drc-outbreak-who-investigation/ ; Though it did not rule out the possibility of a novel disease, https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2024-DON546 - the WHO statement leaned heavily into the likelihood that one or more known diseases — malaria, pneumonia, influenza, Covid-19, or measles — exacerbated by severe malnutrition may be behind the outbreak and the high number of deaths attributed to it. “The area experienced deterioration in food insecurity in recent months, has low vaccination coverage and very limited access to diagnostics and quality case management,” the Geneva-based global health agency said. “There is a lack of supplies and transportation means and shortage of health staff in the area. Malaria control measures are very limited.” DJ, One could claim the "new disease" in fact is poverty... https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/africa/emerging-diseases-other-health-threats-ah/1001427-drc-kwango-at-least-31-confirmed-deaths-due-to-an-epidemic-of-unknown-origin-reported-in-panzi-november-30-2024?view=stream - https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/africa/emerging-diseases-other-health-threats-ah/1001427-drc-kwango-at-least-31-confirmed-deaths-due-to-an-epidemic-of-unknown-origin-reported-in-panzi-november-30-2024?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-an-epidemic-of-unknown-origin-reported-in-panzi-november-30-2024?view=stream ; 64%. That’s the share of cases among children under the age of 14, according to the WHO, which also reported 60% of cases are among females. DJ, Underlining social issues; in "primitive" societies men are put above women (in part linked to family name..."Real men" produce a lot of children with lots of women...). https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/the-pandemic-discussion-forum/1002020-discussion-drc-at-least-31-confirmed-deaths-in-an-undiagnosed-outbreak-november-30-2024?view=stream - https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/the-pandemic-discussion-forum/1002020-discussion-drc-at-least-31-confirmed-deaths-in-an-undiagnosed-outbreak-november-30-2024?view=stream or https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/the-pandemic-discussion-forum/1002020-discussion-drc-at-least-31-confirmed-deaths-in-an-undiagnosed-outbreak-november-30-2024?view=stream ; I don't think they have any test results yet. Maybe they got bad samples or maybe they haven't been able to get the samples to a lab yet. I feel that we'd have gotten announcements even if nothing was detected, because they're going to test for Ebola and Marburg (and DRC is very good at detecting those) and get negative results because this doesn't look anything like those outbreaks, which they'll announce to try to reduce the fear, even if they don't have any positives. In terms of what you bring to fight this outbreak without diagnosis, I'd assume we're talking things like antibiotics, vitamins, perhaps anti-malarials, maybe measles or flu vaccines if that's suspect. DJ, The basic-socio-economic-problem; keeping billions of people poor to keep 0,1% "claiming they own the planet"....In many ways one may claim socio-economic inequality NEVER was this bad in all of human history...
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Posted By: Dutch Josh 2
Date Posted: 10 Dec 2024 at 12:02am
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https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/africa/emerging-diseases-other-health-threats-ah/1001427-drc-kwango-at-least-31-confirmed-deaths-due-to-an-epidemic-of-unknown-origin-reported-in-panzi-november-30-2024?view=stream - https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/africa/emerging-diseases-other-health-threats-ah/1001427-drc-kwango-at-least-31-confirmed-deaths-due-to-an-epidemic-of-unknown-origin-reported-in-panzi-november-30-2024?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-an-epidemic-of-unknown-origin-reported-in-panzi-november-30-2024?view=stream ; Unknown disease in Panzi: a delegation from the Ministry of Health and its partners are staying in Kwango to improve the health situation
A delegation from the Ministry of Health and its partners including the World Health Organization, arrived Sunday in Kenge, the capital of Kwango province. It met with the provincial authority on Sunday to discuss strategies to identify the still unknown disease that is raging in the Panzi health zone, in the Kasongo-Lunda territory. Patient care and the eradication of this disease were examined with a fine-tooth comb. Head of this delegation, Masoko Matthias explained that she should urgently go to Panzi to improve the health situation...... "It is first to identify the phenomenon and to be able to name it. As there was the alert with many deaths, we went with a first batch of emergency medicines of more than two tons for the population of Panzi. We are going there for three major challenges, to identify the phenomenon on site, to react or minimize the loss of human life and to coordinate the interventions around the Ministry of Health", indicated Dr Luc Shabongo, WHO representative. ... - https://x.com/HmpxvT"> https://x.com/HmpxvT - - https://x.com/HmpxvT - · https://x.com/HmpxvT/status/1866079517644558702 - It has been 10 days since the "mystery outbreak" in the Democratic Republic of Congo was discovered and 4 days since samples were obtained for testing, according to the Ministry of Health.
There is still no information about what might be behind the outbreak. DJ...going very slow...
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Posted By: Dutch Josh 2
Date Posted: 10 Dec 2024 at 10:35pm
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https://x.com/HmpxvT - - https://x.com/HmpxvT - · https://x.com/HmpxvT/status/1866608722711306364 -  BREAKING:
WHO says 10 out of 12 samples from the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo have tested positive for malaria.
"[...] it's possible that more than one disease is involved. Further samples will be collected and tested to determine the exact cause or causes."DJ, Some expected maybe H7N9-flu could be a factor...so far no evidence... Very likely the sudden increase in deaths is a combination of factors. -better statistics...There may not even have been a basic administration on births and deaths... -Mal-nutrition/starvation... -Malaria must have been an "old factor" not the "new killer"... Possible an increase of deaths because people did catch that many infections/diseases for that long the body simply gives up... DJ-Keeping 0,1% "owning the planet" with over a billion people dealing with less than 1 doctor per 100,000+ of the population is not only criminal it is also (again) asking for pandemics... Closing the border without providing help means "the poor can die"...What kind of civilization do we want to be ?
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Posted By: Dutch Josh 2
Date Posted: 12 Dec 2024 at 10:58pm
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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 - 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 DJ-my view; The "disease" "X" spread may be going on for close to two months...Malaria was detected in some cases, (acute) CoViD ruled out...If a type of flu could explain "disease X" for PR-reasons it would have been used... So my view is by now there is NO new disease...general health may be that bad people died from a mix of "old" diseases... It underlines the WHO, ACDC, UN fail to provide even basic healthcare for over a billion people...Another unwelcome political story...Neo-liberalism -only profits matter- killing millions of people... DJ, Civilization is a right to healthcare, education, housing, transport, food&water for all...Not only for a rich enough group...Maybe the ongoing global conflict is between extreme blind capitalism-NATO and "the rest of the world"... Creating crises to create profits is self-destructive...
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Posted By: Dutch Josh 2
Date Posted: 14 Dec 2024 at 7:33am
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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 - 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 ; OMS RDC@OMSRDCONGO Translation Google #Panzi 's undiagnosed disease 🇨🇩. @WHO & @MinSanteDRC work in a deep spirit of close collaboration. Our workers have taken new samples from around fifty cases at the General Reference Hospital & in Tsakalapanzi, sent to @inrb_kinshasa - In total, our teams have already collected more than 345 samples from 83 cases, including nasal, urine, stool, breast milk, blood culture, whole blood, oropharyngeal swabs. All these samples are carefully packaged to ensure their integrity. - Health: Al Jazeera, 'Congo disease could be zoonotic in origin' December 13, 2024 Kinshasa, Dec. 13 (Adnkronos) – The mysterious disease circulating in the Democratic Republic of Congo could be zoonotic in origin. A health expert from the African country told Al Jazeera on condition of anonymity. Although national and global health bodies have not announced any link with animals, the expert said that “most of the people I have personally interviewed admit to having been in contact with some wild animals a few days before getting sick”. To be safe, he added, people should be advised to reduce contact with wild animals.  https://laragione.eu/adnkronos/news/sanita-al-jazeera-malattia-congo-potrebbe-avere-origine-zoonotica/ - https://laragione.eu/adnkronos/news/...ine-zoonotica/ DJ, So...is there a new disease on top of malaria etc ? Or will the outcome be they could not find a thing...
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Posted By: Dutch Josh 2
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2024 at 11:10pm
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https://www.thesun.co.uk/health/32328052/hundreds-sick-dancing-disease-dinga-dinga-uganda/ - https://www.thesun.co.uk/health/32328052/hundreds-sick-dancing-disease-dinga-dinga-uganda/ or https://www.thesun.co.uk/health/32328052/hundreds-sick-dancing-disease-dinga-dinga-uganda/ ; NEW OUTBREAK Hundreds sick with bizarre new ‘dancing disease’ which leaves victims shaking uncontrollablyOne patient shared her harrowing experience with the illness, describing how her body shook uncontrollably despite feeling paralysed The https://www.thesun.co.uk/topic/childhood-diseases-illnesses/ - disease locals are referring to as Dinga Dinga, translating to "shaking like dancing", has already affected around 300 people, mostly women and girls, according to health officials. - Dr Kiyita Christopher, the district health officer, told the media that no cases have been reported outside Bundibugyo, and samples have been sent to the health ministry for analysis. He reassured the public that there have been no fatalities linked to the disease and that it is typically treatable with https://www.thesun.co.uk/topic/antibiotics/ - antibiotics . "Patients usually recover within a week," he said. DJ, virus infections may result in neurological damage...Also a.o. Nigeria had "an unclear health story"...
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Posted By: Dutch Josh 2
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2024 at 8:28am
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https://x.com/ginnymooy - https://x.com/BNOFeed">  https://x.com/BNOFeed - - https://x.com/BNOFeed - · https://x.com/BNOFeed/status/1869017531371208715 - 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 - 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; https://flutrackers.com/forum/member/51-treyfish"> https://flutrackers.com/forum/member/51-treyfish - Treyfish replied sounds like crap to me. Congo’s health ministry says unknown disease is severe malaria https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/author/reuters2016 - 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/category/world/2024/12/17/congos-health-ministry-says-unknown-disease-is-severe-malaria/ - https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/ca...evere-malaria/ = https://flutrackers.com/forum/member/51-treyfish"> https://flutrackers.com/forum/member/51-treyfish - Treyfish replied .....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/health/2024/12/17/congo-unknown-disease-x-malaria/77044559007/ - https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...a/77044559007/ DJ, Maybe the poverty/lack of care aspect not very welcome...
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Posted By: Dutch Josh 2
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2024 at 9:33am
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https://x.com/HmpxvT - - https://x.com/HmpxvT - · https://x.com/HmpxvT/status/1870514092085281085 - BREAKING:
The "mystery epidemic" in the Democratic Republic of Congo is believed to be partly linked to influenza, the Congolese government announced Friday evening.
According to laboratory analysts, the prevalence of the influenza virus is 28%.- https://x.com/HmpxvT - - https://x.com/HmpxvT - · https://x.com/HmpxvT/status/1870514444356215034 - Previous statements claimed that "severe malaria" was a probable cause of the outbreak. 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-ministry-of-health-says-outbreak-is-severe-form-of-malaria-investigations-ongoing?view=stream - 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-ministry-of-health-says-outbreak-is-severe-form-of-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-ministry-of-health-says-outbreak-is-severe-form-of-malaria-investigations-ongoing?view=stream (latest); https://flutrackers.com/forum/member/3255-pathfinder"> https://flutrackers.com/forum/member/3255-pathfinder - Pathfinder replied Translation Google DRC: Unidentified and deadly disease may be linked to influenza (official) French.news.cn | 2024-12-21 at 08:37 KINSHASA, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- The fever of unknown origin that is raging in a southwestern province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is believed to be linked to influenza, the Congolese government announced Friday evening. "This is therefore a flu that has been formally identified," said Patrick Muyaya, government spokesman, at the end of the cabinet meeting held earlier in the day in Kinshasa, the capital. During the meeting, the Minister of Public Health Roger Kamba gave an update on this disease reported in the province of Kwango, with 592 cases reported. According to laboratory analysts, the prevalence of the influenza virus is 28%, the minister said, specifying a "significant presence" of rhinovirus and SARS-COV-2 in the samples. His ministry did not respond to requests for clarification on this subject. The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) leadership reported 37 deaths, mostly children under five, saying there are two hypotheses for the unidentified disease. The first hypothesis suggests malaria aggravated by malnutrition and a viral infection, while the second suggests a viral infection occurring at the same time as malaria and malnutrition, Ngashi Ngongo, chief of staff of the Africa CDC, said Thursday during a press briefing. According to him, a man died with signs of hemorrhagic fever, with a sample sent to Kinshasa, the country's capital. The DRC said it was on "maximum alert" in early December in the face of this disease. End - DRC: Flu identified as probable cause of mysterious illness by Charbel LOKOSSOU December 21, 2024 at 9:23 am A public health mystery seems to be resolved in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The disease that has caused panic in the Kwango province, characterized by fever, cough and mainly affecting children, is in reality linked to influenza. This announcement was made by the Congolese government at the end of the council of ministers. Patrick Muyaya , government spokesman, declared: "This is therefore a flu that has been formally identified." DRC faces a complex epidemic However, the situation is more complex than just seasonal flu. Laboratory tests have revealed co-infection with other viruses, including rhinovirus and SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19. Roger Kamba , Minister of Public Health in the DRC , highlighted the “significant presence” of these viruses in the samples. This co-infection could explain the severity of the disease in some patients, particularly children. Ngashi Ngongo , chief of staff of the Africa CDC, mentioned two hypotheses: malaria aggravated by a viral infection or a viral infection occurring at the same time as malaria and malnutrition. Although influenza appears to be the main culprit, the situation remains under surveillance. The Congolese government has put in place measures to contain the epidemic and strengthen epidemiological surveillance. Patrick Muyaya assured that the government is "closely monitoring the situation" and that all necessary measures are being taken to protect the population. DJ; Flu-Rona-Malaria-poverty mix...what type of flu, CoViD ? Age/gender differences ? Spread ? How does the co-infection mechanism work ?
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Posted By: Dutch Josh 2
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2024 at 12:52am
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DJ, More info needed-with some urgency... https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/the-pandemic-discussion-forum/1002020-discussion-drc-at-least-31-confirmed-deaths-in-an-undiagnosed-outbreak-november-30-2024?view=stream - https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/the-pandemic-discussion-forum/1002020-discussion-drc-at-least-31-confirmed-deaths-in-an-undiagnosed-outbreak-november-30-2024?view=stream or https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/the-pandemic-discussion-forum/1002020-discussion-drc-at-least-31-confirmed-deaths-in-an-undiagnosed-outbreak-november-30-2024?view=stream (latests); https://flutrackers.com/forum/member/51-treyfish"> https://flutrackers.com/forum/member/51-treyfish - Treyfish replied more on severe malaria, seems plausible but the respiratory stuff is missing and WHO said no definitive results yet so there ya goIn 2022, some 249 million cases of malaria worldwide resulted in an estimated 608,000 deaths, with 80 percent being 5 years old or less. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasmodium_falciparum#cite_note-5 - [5] Nearly all malarial deaths are caused by P. falciparum, and 95% of such cases occur in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa - Africa . In Sub-Saharan Africa, almost 100% of cases were due to P. falciparum, whereas in most other regions where malaria is endemic, other, less virulent plasmodial species predominate. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasmodium_falciparum#cite_note-who2020-6 - [6] ......Unlike other malarias, which show regular periodicity of fever, falciparum, though exhibiting a 48-hour cycle, usually presents as irregular bouts of fever. This difference is due the ability of P. falciparum merozoites to invade a large number of RBCs sequentially without coordinated intervals, which is not seen in other malarial parasites. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasmodium_falciparum#cite_note-:1-68 - [68] P. falciparum is therefore responsible for almost all severe human illnesses and deaths due to malaria, in a condition called pernicious or complicated or severe malaria. Complicated malaria occurs more commonly in children under age 5, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasmodium_falciparum#cite_note-trampuz03-46 - [46] and sometimes in pregnant women (a condition specifically called https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pregnancy-associated_malaria - pregnancy-associated malaria ). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasmodium_falciparum#cite_note-moya14-78 - [78] Women become susceptible to severe malaria during their first pregnancy. Susceptibility to severe malaria is reduced in subsequent pregnancies due to increased antibody levels against variant surface https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antigens - antigens that appear on infected erythrocytes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasmodium_falciparum#cite_note-79 - [79] But increased immunity in the mother increases susceptibility to malaria in newborn babies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasmodium_falciparum#cite_note-moya14-78 - [78] - https://flutrackers.com/forum/member/51-treyfish"> https://flutrackers.com/forum/member/51-treyfish - Treyfish replied So now they admit an influenza virus is involved but still no clarification of the type, where it came from or animal. Mixed with Covid-19, sars thing. No new report of spreading yet?- https://flutrackers.com/forum/member/2469-alert">  https://flutrackers.com/forum/member/2469-alert - alert commented on https://flutrackers.com/forum/member/51-treyfish - Treyfish 's https://flutrackers.com/forum/ - reply Some of the cases appear to have tested positive for COVID as well, despite earlier denials. Looks like an "all of the above" situation to me. - https://flutrackers.com/forum/member/3143-somebodyoutthere"> https://flutrackers.com/forum/member/3143-somebodyoutthere - somebodyoutthere replied Yes, perhaps like everywhere else people are getting sick over and over again & some w coinfections, but in this region of the Congo they are an especially vulnerable population with endemic malaria & malnutrition added into the mix. All of those factors together could increase the fatality rate. Osterholm pointed out that it’s probably not a new “disease x” because he would’ve expected to see more exponential increase if that was the case DJ, The "main disease" is poverty, corruption, neglect..."A world that does not care".... There are lots of "third world" mega-cities -kept poor- with increasing major global health risks...
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