Fears in DRC as mystery disease kills dozens, mainly children
Al JazeeraMore than 500 cases of an unknown illness have emerged in rural and remote Panzi in western Democratic Republic of the Congo. Forty-year-old Denise Kabeya lives in the Panzi area in DRC’s western Kwango province – where health authorities say most cases of the unknown disease have emerged since October. Between October 24 and December 11, there were 514 cases of the undiagnosed disease reported in eight of the 30 health areas in Panzi health zone, according to figures from the local health authorities. But located some 700km away from DRC’s capital, Kinshasa, the Panzi health zone is “rural and remote” and difficult to access, the WHO said – a feat made tougher by poor road conditions. Another health crisis As the mystery disease spreads, patients in Panzi health zone are also suffering from a number of other diseases, including typhoid fever and measles, doctors said.
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