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An unknown illness first discovered in three children who ate a bat has rapidly killed more than 50 people in northwestern Congo over the past five weeks, health experts say.

The interval between the onset of symptoms – which include fever, vomiting and internal bleeding – and death has been 48 hours in most cases and “that’s what’s really worrying,” said Serge Ngalebato, medical director of Bikoro Hospital, a regional monitoring center.

These “hemorrhagic fever” symptoms are commonly linked to known deadly viruses, such as Ebola, dengue, Marburg and yellow fever, but researchers have ruled these out based on tests of more than a dozen samples collected so far.

The latest disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo began on Jan. 21, with 419 cases recorded and 53 deaths.

The outbreak began in the village of Boloko after three children ate a bat and died within 48 hours, the Africa office of the World Health Organization said Monday.

 

$s@d

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13 minutes ago, enigmatic said:

bat thinadam endo 

dj review GIF

Thats Congo...

chala tribes depend on forest for food.

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14 minutes ago, Spartan said:

chala tribes depend on forest for food.

vallani tappu pattalem, ee rabbits oo, jinka lo tinali .

edi padithe adi tinatam valla some of the diseases from animals have reached humans 
bats carry a lot of diseases ani ekkado chusanu

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1 hour ago, enigmatic said:

 

vallani tappu pattalem, ee rabbits oo, jinka lo tinali .

edi padithe adi tinatam valla some of the diseases from animals have reached humans 
bats carry a lot of diseases ani ekkado chusanu

Africa lo bush meat ani mundhu nundi chala tinevaru, ippatiki tintaru. What's bush meat? Podha venukala edhi kadilinattu anipinchina danini barisela tho vesestharu. They didn't get diseases like these.

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3 minutes ago, Konebhar6 said:

Telangana lo goat balls famous kadaa 

kapura.

ikkada bat ante, kaadu ball anna. (kullu jokuuu) Brahmanandam Funny 2025 | ozogama.lt

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1 hour ago, Jatka Bandi said:

kapura.

ikkada bat ante, kaadu ball anna. (kullu jokuuu) Brahmanandam Funny 2025 | ozogama.lt

Yeh I got that. Aa kullu ki kampu nenu add chesa 

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5 hours ago, Assam_Bhayya said:

warald arogya Org tho pettukunte anthe, funding cut chesi withdraw avthara, hummaa!!

 

CC @Mancode @CanadianMalodu

WHO is Elites way of  "saving humanity". Meantime, not a doctor, not a scientist, not a government representative, Bill Gates funds vaccines and talks about "future"

Fun fact: Bill Gates, the Zameendhar of Amrika holds 250,000 acres of farmland (and growing) will only decide what food gets to shelves in the supermarket. 

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