According to doctors and World Health Organization on the ground, more than 50 people have died in Northwestern Congo due to an unknown disease. A Regional Monitoring Center, Medical Director of Bikoro Hospital, Serge Nagalebeto, “it is really worrying,” the interval between symptoms and the onset of death has been 48 hours.

The outbreak of the latest disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo began later last month, with 53 deaths till 419 cases till date.

According to the Whos Africa Office, the first outbreak started in the city of Boloko when three children ate with the bat and died within 48 hours after symptoms of hemorrhagic fever. Now for a long time, animals to humans have concerns about diseases that jump into places where wild animals are eaten popularly eaten. The WHO says that the number of such outbreaks in Africa has increased by more than 60 percent in the last decade.

The second outbreak of current disease began early this month

Officials said the second outbreak of current mystery disease started earlier this month in the city of Bomt and at least 13 cases samples have been sent to the National Institute for Biomedical Research in Kinshasa, the capital of the Congo.

While some have conducted a positive test for malaria, all were negative for other common hemorrhagic fever diseases such as Ebola or Marburg, officials said. Last year, another mysterious flu -like virus that killed dozens of people in another part of Congo was likely to be malaria.

What is Marburg virus?

Experts say the Marburg virus disease is a serious disease that sometimes causes outbreak in African countries. Symptoms start like flu, but can progress for severe vomiting, bleeding and neurological (brain and nerve) issues. Outbreak usually begins to spread from bats or primate to humans. From there, it can spread from humans to humans and lead to outbreak.

It is a viral hemorrhagic fever or a virus that damages blood vessels and causes bleeding. It is part of the same family of the virus in the form of Ebola.

Most of the hemorrhagic viruses including infected humans or animal body fluids, including MA, include. Body fluids include:

• Blood
• pee
• poop
• Spitting
• breast milk
• Semen
• Vagina

You can also get it from surfaces, objects or medical devices that are contaminated by the virus.

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