Mystery disease linked to 143 deaths is severe malaria, says Congo health ministry
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s health ministry said on Tuesday that a previously unidentified disease circulating in the country’s Panzi health zone is a severe form of malaria.
Earlier this month, local authorities said the disease had killed 143 people in the southwestern Kwango province in November.
“The mystery has finally been solved. It’s a case of severe malaria in the form of a respiratory illness and weakened by malnutrition,” the health ministry said in a statement.
It also said that 592 cases had been reported since October with a fatality rate of 6.2 per cent.
(Reuters/NAN)
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