Congo telling Lubbock hold my beer. Meanwhile one of our medical experts will say these numbers of deaths are nothing to worry about.
KAMPALA, Uganda—A fast-spreading mystery illness linked to bats has killed scores of people in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with nearly half dying within 48 hours of showing symptoms, the World Health Organization said Thursday.
The disease, which causes uncontrolled bleeding, vomiting, diarrhea and other symptoms of hemorrhagic fever, had infected 1,096 people and killed 60 as of Feb. 23, the WHO said.
The disease was discovered in three children in the village of Boloko, in remote Équateur Province, last month. The children vomited blood, suffered nose bleeds and died within two days.
A few weeks later, a second and larger outbreak was recorded 100 miles away in the village of Bomate, where hundreds of people are ill. Some 141 fell sick with the illness in a single week, the WHO said.
“This could be a new virus that has never been discovered,” said Matteo Bassetti, professor of infectious diseases at Italy’s University of Genoa.
https://www.wsj.com/world/africa/mystery-disease-linked-to-bats-kills-scores-in-congo-cc66ca23