LUBUMBASHI: Democratic Republic of Congo’s well being ministry mentioned on Tuesday (Dec 17) {that a} previously unidentified disease circulating within the nation’s Panzi well being zone is a extreme type of malaria.
Earlier this month, native authorities mentioned the illness had killed 143 folks within the southwestern Kwango province in November.
“The thriller has lastly been solved. It is a case of extreme malaria within the type of a respiratory sickness … and weakened by malnutrition,” the well being ministry mentioned in an announcement.
It additionally mentioned that 592 circumstances had been reported since October with a fatality fee of 6.2 per cent.