Congo authorities said an unknown disease had killed 143 people in a southwestern province of the country.
Infected people had flu-like symptoms, including high fever and severe headaches, according to Remy Saki, deputy governor of Kwango province, and Apollinaire Yumba, the province’s health minister, on Monday (2).
Concerned about the situation, authorities stated that sick people ended up dying in their own homes due to lack of treatment.
According to a local epidemiologist, women and children are most affected by the disease.
A medical team was sent to the Panzi health zone to collect samples and perform an analysis to identify the pathology.
Civil society leader Cephorien Manzanza exclaimed that the situation is extremely worrying, as the number of infected people is increasing.
“Panzi is a rural health area, so there is a problem with the supply of medicines,” reported Manzanza.
A WHO spokesperson said on Tuesday (3) that the UN health agency had been alerted to the presence of the disease last week and said it was working together with Congo’s Ministry of Public Health to carry out further investigation into the situation.
This content was originally published in Unknown disease kills 143 people in Congo on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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