The symptoms were identical to virus infection like fever , joint pain , runny nose. There were some concerning about delaying of measures and news (the outbreak was happened in October )
By the first week of December, the WHO had recorded more than 416 patients and 31 deaths.
Many were children. Many were malnourished.
“This is a syndrome that resembles a flu syndrome with respiratory distress for some children and for some people who have died,” warns Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Health Minister Samuel-Roger Kamba.
And while a handful of tests have detected the mosquito-borne malaria virus, the WHO says the true cause remains unknown.
“Is it a severe seasonal flu with people on the table who are fragile because of malnutrition, because of anaemia, because of other diseases? Or is it another germ? We will know with the results,” added Minister Kamba.
The outbreak comes as yet another blow to the resource-rich but poverty-stricken nation.
The team are warning people to wear masks and avoid touching corpses.
“It is vital that these cases are investigated promptly so that appropriate treatment and control measures can be implemented,”
The symptoms were identical to virus infection like fever , joint pain , runny nose. There were some concerning about delaying of measures and news (the outbreak was happened in October )
By the first week of December, the WHO had recorded more than 416 patients and 31 deaths.
Many were children. Many were malnourished.
“This is a syndrome that resembles a flu syndrome with respiratory distress for some children and for some people who have died,” warns Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Health Minister Samuel-Roger Kamba.
And while a handful of tests have detected the mosquito-borne malaria virus, the WHO says the true cause remains unknown.
“Is it a severe seasonal flu with people on the table who are fragile because of malnutrition, because of anaemia, because of other diseases? Or is it another germ? We will know with the results,” added Minister Kamba.
The outbreak comes as yet another blow to the resource-rich but poverty-stricken nation.
The team are warning people to wear masks and avoid touching corpses.
“It is vital that these cases are investigated promptly so that appropriate treatment and control measures can be implemented,”
