The World Health Organization says that while malaria is prevalent in the country’s Equateur province, it hasn’t ruled out other causes yet
Men sit outside the general hospital in Basankusu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, where some victims of unidentified illnesses are being treated, on Feb. 27.as health officials try to understand what may be behind a surge of illnesses that has surpassed 1,000 cases and killed at least 60 people.
It said nearly 1,100 cases have been reported since the first outbreaks were discovered in two villages more than 100 miles apart in late January. The first outbreak was detected in the village of Boloko after three children ate a bat and died within 48 hours. WHO has recorded 12 cases and eight deaths in Boloko. Nearly half of the people who died did so within hours of the onset of symptoms, health officials said this week.
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