Sunday, June 18, 2006
Suspected plague outbreak kills 100 in DRC
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(Mail & Guardian) from Gabon.
About 100 people are believed to have died in a suspected outbreak of pneumonic plague in the strife-torn north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in Geneva on Wednesday.
The WHO said that suspected bases of bubonic plague have also been reported, but the total number is currently unknown.
The United Nations agency said that 19 of the deaths were reported in Ituri district, a regular plague hot spot.
"Ituri is known to be the most active focus of human plague worldwide, reporting around 1 000 cases a year," said the WHO.
A team from the aid group Médecins sans Frontières, the WHO and the DRC ministry of health has been sent to the area to take stock and help local...
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evergreenbrowns of spiritPosted by SilverJade Posted by Ninja T. Penguin
(Mail & Guardian) from Gabon.
About 100 people are believed to have died in a suspected outbreak of pneumonic plague in the strife-torn north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in Geneva on Wednesday.
The WHO said that suspected bases of bubonic plague have also been reported, but the total number is currently unknown.
The United Nations agency said that 19 of the deaths were reported in Ituri district, a regular plague hot spot.
"Ituri is known to be the most active focus of human plague worldwide, reporting around 1 000 cases a year," said the WHO.
A team from the aid group Médecins sans Frontières, the WHO and the DRC ministry of health has been sent to the area to take stock and help local...
Read More...
