Health officials investigate mystery disease in southwest Congo after up to 143 deaths

People walk in front of a hospital in Congo on Nov. 4, 2021. Up to 143 have died from a mysterious, flu-like disease between Nov. 10 and Nov. 25, 2024, in southwestern Congo, local authorities have reported. [VOA]

A flu-like disease that has killed dozens of people over two weeks is being investigated in southwestern Congo, local authorities said.

The deaths were recorded between November 10 and November 25 in the Panzi health zone of Kwango province. Symptoms include fever, headache, cough and anemia, provincial health minister Apollinaire Yumba told reporters over the weekend.