2025 Equateur disease outbreak
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In Équateur, a province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, there has been an unknown virus identified with patients reporting hemorrhagic symptoms. So far, there have been 50 deaths associated with this outbreak and 419 people have been infected.[1]
Outbreak
[edit]The outbreak started in the town of Bamako, where children at the age of 5 died, as a follow up of eating bat meat. In less than two weeks after that outbreak, there was another outbreak reported in Bomate, which is in the same province as the initial outbreak.[2]
Symptoms
[edit]The initial symptoms reported were fever, headaches, diarrhea and fatigue. Symptoms get worse as time goes on.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Mystery illness worries doctors after 50 people die in Congo within hours of symptoms".
- ^ "'Unknown disease' that can kill within days leaves 53 dead in Congo".
- ^ Pester, Patrick; published, Nicoletta Lanese (2025-02-25). "Unidentified illnesses have killed over 50 people in Congo in last 5 weeks, WHO reports". livescience.com. Retrieved 2025-02-25.