In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a mystery disease has announced the lives of over fifty people within hours of the onset of symptoms.
According to the WHO and medical professionals in the DRC, most cases had a 48-hour lag between the onset of symptoms and d3ath.
As of Monday, there have been 419 cases reported, including 53 fatalities.
There is a “abnormally high fatality rate” in one area, where two-thirds of those who got the mystery disease are known to have passed away.
According to the WHO, outbreaks were reported in two health zones: the Bolomba and Basankusu regions.
Forty-five people died out of the 419 cases that were reported in the Basankusu health zone.
Hemorrhagic fever is most spectacularly caused by Ebola.
Doctors concerned that President Donald Trump’s CDC purge and ban on communications with the WHO increased the risk of future domestic and international epidemics.
Additionally, WHO officials concerned that over 60 percent more outbreaks of diseases that spread from animals to humans—for example, through consuming them—have happened in Africa in the past ten years.
Even though some samples tested positive for malaria, all tested negative for Ebola and other hemorrhagic diseases like Marburg and others.
According to health officials, the country’s “weak health care infrastructure boosts the risk of further spread, demanding immediate high-level intervention to control the illness” in addition to the outbreaks’ remote location.
At the time, the CDC told DailyMail.com that the disease’s risk was “low” internationally.
The sister of Joe Biden’s former press secretary Jen Psaki, Dr. Stephanie Psaki, expressed concern that it would create a starting point for harmful illnesses like Ebola and Marburg viruses to enter the United States.
There is no vaccine or cure for Marburg, which causes bleeding from orifices like the eyes, ears and mouth, and the only hope of protecting Americans ‘is to halt it at its source,’ said Dr Pskai.
