The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has revealed a mysterious disease, causing serious concerns among health experts. The disease, which was first eaten by three children with the bat, has claimed more than 50 lives in just five weeks. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), till 16 February, there were 431 cases and 53 deaths in two outbreaks in remote villages in Equatur province.
Symptoms of the disease include fever, vomiting, and internal bleeding, in which most patients die within 48 hours of the onset of patients. Health experts are worried in this rapid progress, with Surge Naglebato, Medical Director of Bikoro Hospital, given that the short interval between symptoms and death is particularly dangerous.
The WHO spokesperson said, “Outbreaks, which have increased rapidly in cases, are a significant public health threat. The accurate reason is unknown,” a spokesman said. The WHO is examining the outbreaks, but the distance geography and limited healthcare are increasing the infrastructure reaction challenges.
Researchers have identified “hemorrhagic fever” symptoms in mysterious disease, which are usually associated with malignant viruses such as Ebola, Dengue, Marburg, and Yellow fever. However, after testing on more than a dozen samples, scientists are able to control these known viruses as causing outbreaks, leaving the exact origin and nature of the disease still unknown.
“We are seeing whether it is another infection or whether it is some toxic agent. We have to see what can be done and at what point,” a spokesman said.
This news came even after the DRC battled the disease X, in which 143 people were killed.
The rise of diseases that jump from animals to humans, known as zoonotic diseases, have a growing anxiety. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that such outbreaks have increased by 60% in the last decade. This bounce is largely responsible for human activities such as deforestation, biodiversity loss and environmental decline, which bring people into close contact with wild animals and their pathogens.
In the case of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), weak healthcare infrastructure pose a significant risk of further spreading, requiring immediate high-level intervention to include outbreaks. Consumption of wild animals, or Bushmates, is a common practice in some areas, which increases the risk of transmission of diseases such as Ebola, HIV and SARS.
