Undiagnosed disease in Congo puts children, malnourished at risk, WHO says

Reuters
Dec 10, 2024

Undiagnosed disease in Congo puts children, malnourished at risk, WHO says


 A mystery disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo is spreading mainly among children and putting severely malnourished people at risk, according to the World Health Organization, which sent experts to the region to investigate the outbreak.
 
In an update published on Sunday evening, the WHO said 406 cases of the undiagnosed disease were recorded between Oct. 24 and Dec. 5, 31 of which were deaths.

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