{"id":1845,"date":"2024-12-06T06:30:57","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T06:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/?p=1845"},"modified":"2024-12-06T06:30:59","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T06:30:59","slug":"mysterious-unknown-illness-kills-143-people-leading-to-major-warning-from-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/archives\/1845","title":{"rendered":"Mysterious unknown illness kills 143 people leading to major warning from officials"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class='\"entry-header\"'>\n<h2 class='\"entry-meta\"'>Here we go again\u2026\n\n<div class='\"entry-content\"'>\n<header class='\"article-header_header__gD613\"'>\n<div class='\"article-header_meta__N4zeN\"'>\n<div class='\"article-header_metaWrapper__P4a1g\"'>\n<div class='\"article-header_shareLink__FtU9x\"'>\n<div class='\"share-link_container__q9th7\"'>\n<div class='\"share-link_desktopTabletShareArrowWrapper__Gchyi\"' tabindex='\"0\"' role='\"button\"' aria-label='\"share' live post><strong>Since the Covid pandemic, new outbreaks of illness tend to cause a stir and authorities in the Congo have admitted to being concerned.\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class='\"content-template_body__RWRhb\"'>\n<p class='\"text_text__nEn66\"'>A mystery illness has resulted in\u00a0health\u00a0officials issuing a warning that people should avoid gathering in large groups in a\u00a0community\u00a0in the Democratic Republic of\u00a0Congo.\n</p><p><img decoding='\"async\"' class='\"article-header_featuredImage__Pe8qH\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/images.ladbible.com%5C/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=3840&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:%5C/%5C/images.ladbiblegroup.com%5C/v3%5C/assets%5C/blt949ea8e16e463049%5C/blt7b7feb6104952eb2%5C/6751f2ab6efee46164f2fd87%5C/mysterious-illness-kills-143.webp%5C%22" sizes='\"100vw\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=640&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt7b7feb6104952eb2\/6751f2ab6efee46164f2fd87\/mysterious-illness-kills-143.webp' https: alt='\"Mysterious' unknown illness kills people leading to major warning from officials data-chromatic='\"ignore\"' data-nimg='\"fill\"'>\n</p><p class='\"text_text__nEn66\"'>Since the Covid-19 pandemic, people across the world have become more vigilant against deadly diseases, most notably ones that can spread quickly.\n</p><p class='\"text_text__nEn66\"'>Health experts are hoping to uncover more information about this illness that has so far sickened a total of 376 people, while as many as 143 people have died.\n</p><div class='\"floating-video-player_container__u4D9_\"'>\n<div id='\"primisPlayer\"'>\n<div id='\"primisPlayerContainerDiv\"' class='\"primisslate\"'>\n<div id='\"primis_container_div\"'>\n<div id='\"primis_playerSekindoSPlayer6752943adbb1c\"'>\n<div id='\"Player-Div-SekindoSPlayer6752943adbb1c\"'>\n<div id='\"Video-Div-SekindoSPlayer6752943adbb1c\"'>\n<div id='\"Video-iFrame-SekindoSPlayer6752943adbb1c\"'>\n<div id='\"layoutContainerDiv\"'>\n<div id='\"layoutDesign\"'>\n<div id='\"viewsElements\"'>\n<div id='\"likesNum\"'>Joey Swoll calls out \u2018disgusting\u2019 gym vid\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class='\"article-image_articleImage__eyzAn\"'>\n<div class='\"article-image_imageWrapper__ANtPE\"'>\n<div id='\"standard_12\"' class='\"st-placement' standard_12 inimagerestricted>\n<div class='\"st-adunit' st-adunit-tagged st-reset st-show>\n\n<p><img decoding='\"async\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/images.ladbible.com%5C/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=3840&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:%5C/%5C/images.ladbiblegroup.com%5C/v3%5C/assets%5C/blt949ea8e16e463049%5C/blt0c689db7dd5b3b8b%5C/6751c1813a8da56fa5810fdb%5C/mystery_illness_.jpg%5C%22" sizes='\"100vw\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=640&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt0c689db7dd5b3b8b\/6751c1813a8da56fa5810fdb\/mystery_illness_.jpg' https: alt='\"The' mystery illness broke out back in october according to officials stock image data-chromatic='\"ignore\"' data-nimg='\"fill\"'>\n\n</p><p><cite class='\"image-credit_imageCredit__YMlqS\"'>The mystery illness broke out back in October, according to officials\u00a0\n\n<p class='\"text_text__nEn66\"'>According to officials, patients are reportedly mostly people over 15-years-old and they are suffering from a flu-like illness with symptoms including a fever, headache, nasal discharge, cough, difficulty breathing and anaemia \u2014 or a lack of healthy red blood cells.\n</p><p class='\"text_text__nEn66\"'>The outbreak has struck the Kwango province in the southwest of the country and the health ministry has warned people to wash their hands regularly with soap and water and not to touch dead bodies.\n</p><p class='\"text_text__nEn66\"'>The outbreak reportedly begun in late October, but officials have said cases have risen rapidly within the last few weeks.\n</p><p class='\"text_text__nEn66\"'>In an update about the illness the Health Ministry said: \u201cLaboratory test results will be communicated as soon as they are available, and regular updates will be shared with the population and partners.\n</p><p class='\"text_text__nEn66\"'>\u201cPending the conclusions of the ongoing investigations, the Ministry calls on the population to remain calm, vigilant and to strictly respect the\u2026 preventive measures.\n</p><p class='\"text_text__nEn66\"'>\u201cThe ministry\u2026 expresses its deep compassion to the families affected by this tragedy and sends them its most sincere condolences.\u201d\n</p><p>There have been concerns that the illness is tied to monkeypox or Ebola as the nation has struggled with the two diseases in recent years. However, according to experts, there is no clear link at this stage.\n</p><div class='\"article-image_articleImage__eyzAn\"'>\n<div class='\"article-image_imageWrapper__ANtPE\"'><img decoding='\"async\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/images.ladbible.com%5C/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=3840&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:%5C/%5C/images.ladbiblegroup.com%5C/v3%5C/assets%5C/blt949ea8e16e463049%5C/blt58bfc7571e6b6ca6%5C/6751c0eaac119c7005f543a1%5C/Monkey_Pox_congo.jpg%5C%22" sizes='\"100vw\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=640&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt58bfc7571e6b6ca6\/6751c0eaac119c7005f543a1\/Monkey_Pox_congo.jpg' https: alt='\"People' are questioning whether this new illness is connected to monkeypox or ebola ndebo via getty images data-chromatic='\"ignore\"' data-nimg='\"fill\"'>\n<p><cite class='\"image-credit_imageCredit__YMlqS\"'>People are questioning whether this new illness is connected to monkeypox or Ebola\u00a0\n\n<p class='\"text_text__nEn66\"'>Infectious diseases expert and associate professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Dr Krutika Kuppalli,\u00a0spoke to\u00a0the Mail Online about the outbreak.\n</p><p class='\"text_text__nEn66\"'>She said: \u201cWe need more information. The information that has been provided at present speaks of a number of diseases.\u201d\n</p><p class='\"text_text__nEn66\"'>She also addressed concerns related to Ebola and monkeypox.\n</p><p class='\"text_text__nEn66\"'>She said: \u201cIn what they are reporting, we have not seen any reports of skin rash or skin abnormality \u2014 which would go with mpox.\n</p><p class='\"text_text__nEn66\"'>\u201cTypically, with viral hemorrhagic fever [like Ebola] you would hear reports of coughing or throwing up blood, and that has not been reported either.\n</p><p class='\"text_text__nEn66\"'>\u201cThe reports are concerning, but we need more data and more information about the symptoms they are seeing on the ground.\u201d\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"</p><p>Here we go again\u2026 Since the Covid pandemic, new outbreaks of illness tend to cause a stir and authorities in the Congo have admitted to being concerned. A mystery illness has resulted in\u00a0health\u00a0officials issuing a warning that people should avoid gathering in large groups in a\u00a0community\u00a0in the Democratic Republic of\u00a0Congo. 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