Congo 'on alert' after mystery flu-like disease kills over 70 people

Central African outbreak follows mpox epidemic with over 1,000 dead

20241205 Congo's South Kivu province

"The Congolese government is on general alert regarding this disease," Health Minister Roger Kamba told reporters. © AP

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) -- Public health officials in Africa urged caution Thursday as Congo's health minister said the government was on alert over a mystery flu-like disease that in recent weeks killed dozens of people.

Jean Kaseya, the head of Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told reporters that more details about the disease should be known in the next 48 hours as experts receive results from laboratory samples of infected people.

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