The WHO said it had identified 1 096 cases and 60 deaths fitting the definition of the illness.
condition that has killed at least 50 people in northwest Democratic Republic of CongoAt least 943 people have also fallen sick and 52 died in Equateur province, with symptoms ranging from fever and fatigue to vomiting and weight loss, Dieudonne Mwamba, director general of the National Institute of Public Health, said.
The WHO said in a bulletin on February 16 it has received reports indicating that children had consumed a bat carcass before the onset of symptoms.
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