The World Health Officer is warning of a deadly, pre -unknown disease, which is rapidly spreading to the Northwest of the Democratic Republic of Congo, which was first killed at one place within hours of development of symptoms. Is.
As of 15 February, a total of 431 cases have resulted in 53 deaths, along with diseases that are emerging a few weeks after the first identity of the disease in the équateur province last month, the World Health Organization’s Regional Office for Africa. The public bulletin stated that it was shared. Last week.
The WHO’s Regional Office said, “Outbreaks, which have increased cases rapidly within days, pose a significant public health danger.”
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The disease, earlier reported among children associated with a dead bat, “one of the affected health areas with almost half the deaths within 48 hours of the beginning of 48 hours, and in the other one extraordinary high case Deadly rate, “with health authorities. Said.
Health officials said that they have rejected diseases of other hemorrhagic fever like Ebola and Marburg due to diseases. These are two highly deadly diseases among humans, which are believed to spread to people through bats of fruit.
Although the overall case is a deadly rate of 12.3%, the rate in one of the two outbreak areas is 66.7%, where eight of the 12 cases have resulted in death.
The emergence of the disease follows three children under the age of 5, dying between 10 and 13 January after developing fever, headache, diarrhea and fatigue. These symptoms reported in the same village around Bolomba, then turned into bleeding.
Health officials said, “Reports show that children consumed a bat body before the onset of signs and symptoms.”
Shortly after those diseases emerged, four additional children in the same village came down with similar symptoms, between 5 and 18 years of age. Since then, in hundreds of similar cases, reports have been reported in the area of Basankasu, which is about 115 miles north of Bolomba.
“The exact circumstances of the exposure have not yet been established in both outbreaks. Additionally, no epidemics relationship has been established between cases in two affected health areas, ”officials said.
“Immediate action is required to accelerate laboratory probes, improve case management and isolation capabilities and strengthen monitoring and risk communication. The risk of further spreading in remote location and weak healthcare infrastructure increases, requiring immediate high-level intervention to include outbreaks. ,
Early, observable symptoms of the disease include fever, chills, headache, muscle pain or agony, body pain, sweating, a flowing nose, neck hardness, cough, vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal cramps.
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Michael Head, a senior research partner at Global Health at the University of Southampton, UK, told The Washington Post that the outbreak of mysterious diseases “will happen many times worldwide” and while it is possible that it could turn into something monumental like Kovid- 19, he said that it is “very rare.”
“Usually, this is a bug … about which we know, but not yet diagnosed in the particular outbreak,” the head said.
Due to the recent freeze of the US’s humanitarian aid under the administration of President Donald Trump, cases were reported amid a separate warning of a possible new epidemic from the Eastern region of the DRC.
Dr. Jean Kaseya, who serves as Director General of Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention, recently told the News Outlet Health Policy Watch that everyone has been stopped in the laboratory test, but has stopped in this area and There is a limited transmission of medical information.
The eastern region of DRC, especially around Goma and Bukavu, can result in a hotspot for disease transmission as a result and also due to the ongoing rebellious conflict in the region.
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Rwanda-supported M23 rebels have overwhelmed medical facilities as a result of the attack of the region and displaced more than one lakh people, including hundreds of people who were receiving treatment in health facilities for MPOX. There are also outbreaks of cholera and measles in the area, they said in a public briefing on Thursday.
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“This can be a entry point for a new epidemic,” Kase told the Health Policy Watch. “Combination of insecurity, lack of funds and lack of medical counterers, (meaning) we are playing with fire.”
The Trump administration last month cut the annual assistance and development programs through the US agency for the International Development and State Department by about 60 billion dollars. A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that funding would be resumed immediately, however, after a temporary preventive order against the funding freeze by the Trump administration, the Trump administration was ignored by the Trump administration.
