Unknown illness k!lls more than 50 people in just HOURS

Doctors have raised the alarm over a “really worrying” unidentified de.adly illness that has k!lls in a matter of hours

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has reported more than 50 deaths in the north-west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from an unknown disease that quickly causes symptoms. WHO doctors on the ground in the African nation have treated hundreds of cases and found a small, two-day interval between the onset of symptoms and deaths.

Serge Ngalebato, medical director of the Bikoro Hospital, a regional monitoring centre, said in a statement following the concerning discovery that the relatively small window between symptoms and death is “really worrying”. The outbreak, the WHO warns, may be the result of another virus jumping the barrier from humans to animals.

The WHO said the outbreak began just over a month ago on January 21, and that 419 cases have been recorded between then and mid-February. Of the more than 400 people who have caught the disease since then, 53 people have d!ed, a roughly 12.49 percent fatality rate – sky high compared to diseases like Covid, which comes with a 3.14 percent fatality rate.

According to the WHO’s Africa office, the first outbreak in the town of Boloko began after three children had eaten a bat and died within 48 hours following haemorrhagic fever symptoms. There have long been concerns about diseases jumping from animals to humans in places where wild animals are popularly eaten.

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