Unknown Disease Kills 53 In DRC

Unknown Disease Kills 53 In DRC –An outbreak of an unknown disease has killed 53 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and infected hundreds of others.

It has a a case fatality rate of 12.3 percent according to a Feb. 21 report from the Hungarian National Association of Radio Distress-Signalling and Infocommunications. 

Almost half the deaths have within 48 hours of the unset of symptoms.

Primary symptoms include fever, chills, headache, myalgia, body aches, sweating, rhinorrhea, neck stiffness, cough, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal cramps.

Hat tip Davis Washington

Unknown Disease Kills 53 In DRC

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