World: According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), 431 cases were reported and 53 deaths in two outbreaks across remote ...

A rapidly spreading unknown illness has killed 53 people in Congo, with preliminary investigations linking the outbreak to ...

An outbreak of an unknown virus which has already killed more than 50 people risks spreading beyond the borders of Congo, ...

At least 53 people have died from a fast-spreading illness in two villages, with symptoms proving fatal within 48 hours. The World Health Organization has been monitoring the outbreak since January.

More than 50 people have died in two clusters of illness cases with unknown cause in northwest Democratic Republic of Congo, ...

Concerned officials in the African nation have launched a probe to discover the cause of the outbreak, warning it could pose ...

The latest disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo began on Jan. 21, and 419 cases have been recorded including 53 deaths.

The WHO warns that the overlap of a second outbreak in the village of Bomate, starting February 9, has intensified the crisis.

Symptoms of the illness include fever, vomiting, and internal bleeding, with most patients dying within 48 hours of onset.

An unknown illness has killed over 50 people in northwestern Congo, according to doctors on the ground and the World Health Organization on Monday.

Over 50 deaths have been linked to an "unknown disease" in the Democratic Republic of Congo since January. Nearly half ...

On 13 February, a larger outbreak was reported from Bomate village in the Basankusu health zone and it has killed 45 people out of 419 cases.