The latest outbreak data shows the mysterious virus has been traced to a village in the DRC where three kids ate a dead bat. All three died within 48 hours, Radar Online reports. Since then, over 400 cases have been reported, along with 53 deaths.
Officials have ruled out Ebola or Marburg virus, but say those infected are presenting symptoms of a ‘hemorrhagic fever’
Over 50 people are dead in the northwest of the Democratic Republic of Congo due to an unknown virus, according to the World Health Organization. The WHO's African office said that the outbreak started after three children ate a bat and died within two days after they had hemorrhagic fever symptoms.
WORLD Health Organisation (WHO) has donated essential medical equipment worth $30,000 (78m/-) to help combat the Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) outbreak in Kagera Region. In a statement, WHO’s Communications Officer in Tanzania,