After Ebola, 15 people die from an unknown disease

Since the beginning of July, fifteen people have succumbed to a disease hitherto unknown in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. In all, 26 patients were infected during the month in this country, which announced last Tuesday that it had come out of its ninth epidemic of haemorrhagic fever.
Ebola

"Patients come with vomiting, loose stools, nasal haemorrhages and vomiting of blood. We have no inputs to treat them and the staff is exposed to contamination, "said Dr. Alain Musondolya, who is stationed in the rural commune of Mangina, in North Kivu province.

] Samples sent to laboratories

"We have already sent the samples to Kinshasa. We are waiting for the result, "he added. Martial Kambumbu, the province's health minister, said he went to the capital to follow the laboratory tests. The senior official explains that he will make the necessary decisions based on the results.

The acting mayor of Beni, Modeste Bakwanamaha, has asked the population to "observe the rules of hygiene" and " do not manipulate the body of a person who died of this disease. "

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