The World Health Organisation is putting all hands on deck to find out what's going on in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The disease is currently isolated to a rural part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo A group of epidemiologists, lab technicians and infection specialists are heading deep into the jungle to find out more about the mysterious illness which has infected hundreds of people in central Africa.
His team told the Telegraph in a statement: ‘As of December 4, the Panzi health zone in Kwango Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has recorded 394 cases and 30 deaths from a so far undiagnosed illness.’ The team will drive more than 500 miles, from Kinhasa to rural Panzi. A reported 80% of the deaths from the mystery disease so far are children.
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