A mysterious disease called ‘Disease X’ is more than 400 and Killed Dozens of Children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The World Health Organization sent investigators. To the remote Panzi region in the country’s southwest last week to help contain the outbreak, they have now submitted their first reports of the situation.
The agency said on Sunday that since October 24, there have been 406 cases and 31 deaths – mostly children – from the unknown disease, although the actual number may be higher.
That official figure only includes patients who died in hospital and not those who died He died at home.
It is not yet clear what is the cause of the disease. Rapid Response Teams Pneumonia, Flu, Covid, Measles, Malaria, E.
The African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is calling the infection ‘Disease X’ until the source is confirmed.
According to the World Health Organization, the risk to local people from the disease is ‘high’, while the rest of the Democratic Republic is at ‘moderate’ risk.
At the international level, however, he stated that the disease has a ‘low’ risk. of CDC He told DailyMail.com. It stands ready To help the country.
2018: Congolese officials and World Health Organization officials wear protective clothing as they participate in a training session on the Ebola virus near the city of Beni in North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Patients infected with the virus are mostly children under the age of 14 and experience various flu-like symptoms such as fever, cough, fatigue and runny nose.
He also said that patients can be infected with more than one disease at the same time and many houses in the area have weak anti-malarial systems.
“This area has limited laboratory and other health capacity—there are no laboratories in the region—so the disease may be an unknown pathogen,” said a WHO spokesperson. News week.
“Laboratory test results are still available, so this is currently not an unknown disease, but an unknown disease.”
Of the 33 hospital deaths reported by the World Health Organization, 71 percent were under the age of 15 and 55 percent were under the age of five.
Fever and cough were the most common symptoms suffered by 96.5% of patients.
Other common symptoms are fatigue, six out of 10 percent of patients suffer, and runny nose, 58 percent of patients.
The main symptoms in the dead are breathing problems, severe malnutrition and signs of anemia – or a lack of healthy red blood cells.
WHO officials also noted that the area had been suffering from malnutrition since September, with the first case reported on October 24.
Flu and covid are among the diseases mentioned as the cause.
In the year Cases peaked in the week ending November 9, he said, adding that since then the number of tests per week has been low.
The wet season delayed testing patients in the region, meaning it took two days for teams to reach the area from Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The group has also raised concerns that it may be targeted by armed forces.
The problem comes after three countries and one state imposed bans from the area.
Honduras yesterday became the latest country to say it would screen all new infections from the region.
Thai authorities are also closely monitoring arrivals from the region, while those in Japan have advised against ‘unnecessary travel’ to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Travelers arriving in Hong Kong from the area are also being screened for the infection.
A passenger arriving in the US from Tanzania was hospitalized late last week with a ‘flu-like illness’, prompting concern that they may have contracted the disease. But later reports suggest that it is a ‘common disease’.
A traveler in Italy was hospitalized this weekend with a mysterious illness after traveling to the country from the Democratic Republic of Congo. At this stage it is not clear what they are infected with.
