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Meinigitis Outbreak

DISEASE

Date
Status
ALERT
Aid Zone
AFRICA
Countries
Congo - Kinshasa
Agency
(WHO) World Health Organization
Last verified
2021-09-09

Situation

The Democratic Republic of the Congo has declared an outbreak of meningitis in the north-eastern Tshopo Province where 261 suspected cases and 129 deaths—a high case fatality ratio of 50%—have been reported. Confirmatory tests carried out by the Institut Pasteur in Paris detected Neisseria meningitidis – one of the mos

Provenance

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