{"id":246842,"date":"2025-02-26T01:49:08","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T01:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/26\/unknown-deadly-illness-strikes-western-congo\/"},"modified":"2025-02-26T01:49:08","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T01:49:08","slug":"unknown-deadly-illness-strikes-western-congo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/26\/unknown-deadly-illness-strikes-western-congo\/","title":{"rendered":"Unknown Deadly Illness Strikes Western Congo"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An unidentified illness has killed scores of people and infected hundreds in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization has reported, with preliminary investigations tracing the outbreak to three children who in January ate a bat and died.<\/p>\n

Fifty-three people in the country\u2019s northwest had died from the disease, out of 431 reported cases as of Feb. 15, and \u201cwith nearly half of the deaths occurring within 48 hours of symptom onset\u201d in one of two identified clusters, according to a weekly bulletin<\/a> published by the W.H.O.\u2019s Africa office.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe outbreak, which has seen cases rise rapidly within days, poses a significant public health threat,\u201d the report said, and \u201cthe exact cause remains unknown.\u201d<\/p>\n

Victims\u2019 symptoms have included fever, vomiting, diarrhea, and body aches, among others. The children who perished from the illness also had bled from the nose and vomited blood.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n