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>Doctors sound alarm over mystery illness as 50 people die within hours of symptoms - as experts reveal disgusting source
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not seeing the disgusting source part of the headline anymore and not archived with it. BUt I think anon is correct. Eating dead bats
Doctors sound alarm over mystery illness in Congo after 50 people die within hours of symptoms
READ MORE: Mystery Disease X outbreak in Congo kills more children
By EMILY JOSHU STERNE HEALTH REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
Published: 08:49 EST, 25 February 2025 | Updated: 13:05 EST, 25 February 2025
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A mystery disease has killed more than 50 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) just hours after symptoms began.
The World Health Organization and doctors in the DRC said that the time between symptom onset and death was just 48 hours in most cases. The WHO describes the outbreak as posing 'a significant public health threat'.
Officials believe the outbreak began on January 21, and 419 cases have been recorded as of Monday, including 53 deaths.
According to the WHO's Africa office, the first outbreak started in the town of Boloko after three children reportedly ate a dead bat.
They died 48 hours after developing symptoms of hemorrhagic fever, a group of illnesses characterized by fever, bleeding, headache, joint pain, and other symptoms.
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