Congo’s Health Ministry Says Previously Unidentified Disease Is Severe Form Of Malaria

Reuters (12/17, Kombi) reports, “Democratic Republic of Congo’s health ministry said on Tuesday that a previously unidentified disease circulating in the country’s Panzi health zone is a severe form of malaria.” Previously, “local authorities said the disease had killed 143 people in the southwestern Kwango province in November.” The health ministry said, “The mystery has finally been solved. It’s a case of severe malaria in the form of a respiratory illness...and weakened by malnutrition.”