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DRC plague: More than 500 suspected cases reported in four months in Rethy health zone

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 According to a email to ProMED Mail on July 31, officials with the Plague Surveillance and Control Center (CSLP), Bunia, DRC report 537 suspected plague cases in the health zone of...

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Plague in DRC: 56 cases reported in 2022 to date, Most in Lokpa

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 According to the World Health Organization (WHO), through April 17 this year, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reported 56 cases of bubonic plague, including two deaths. The...

DRC: Suspected bubonic plague cases in Ituri province

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 According to a letter to ProMED mail Friday, 16 suspect bubonic plague cases, including 2 deaths (CFR = 12.5%) were reported from March 27 to 31 in Rethy Health Zone (RHZ), Ituri...

Plague in Ituri Province, DRC: ‘Grave consequences for children’, says UNICEF

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By NewsDesk @bactiman63 Today, UNICEF published a piece in UN News concerning plague in Ituri Province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the risks for young children. Izzy Scott Moncrieff, UNICEF...

Plague in DRC: 1st cases reported in Fataki health zone in a decade

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Since the beginning of the year, Ituri province in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reported a total of 117 suspected cases of bubonic and pulmonary...

Plague outbreak in Ituri province, DRC

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The head of the provincial health division in Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) reported 15 cases of bubonic plague, including 11 deaths from...

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Plague update: 31 deaths reported in the DRC

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 In a follow-up report at the beginning of the year, health officials in the Ituri province region in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are reporting some...

Plague in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Nearly 300 cases in Ituri since August

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 According to a recent UNICEF Humanitarian Report, in Ituri province in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), officials have reported 286 cases of bubonic plague,...

Plague outbreak: 75 cases reported in Ituri province, DRC

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Since the beginning of 2020 to date, Ituri Province, in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reported a total of 75 cases and 17 deaths (CFR 22.7%) in 5 health zones, namely Aungba, Linga,...

Plague cases reported again in DRC

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews After going several week without a reported human plague case in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), new cases were reported between mid-February and mid-March. Since...