7 hours agoMore than 31 dead from the outbreak of the plague in R.D.K.
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)An outbreak of plague in the Democratic Republic of Congo [ The RDK] about three months ago has left 31 people dead, according to official statistics by health authorities. Hundreds of cases have been identified in the country's northern Itur province. Patrick Karamura, health minister for this region, told AFP on Friday: “
Hundreds of cases have been identified in the country's northern Itur province.
Patrick Karamura, the health minister for this region, told AFP on Friday: “we have more than 520 cases... of which more than 31 have been fatal. ”
The cases are of bubonic form of disease, except for five cases of pneumonic plague, and two others are of sespical plague, writes Independent, translate Periscope.
Anne Laudisos, an epidemologist from New York, has said that the cases that have emerged in the province date from November 15th through December 13th.
The average age of patients is 14, but this ranges from patient 3 months to 73 years old. /Periscope
