Plague -- DR Congo
Between 15 Nov 2020 and 13 Dec 2020, the Biringi health zone, located in the territory of Aru, Ituri province, DR Congo, reported 151 suspected cases of bubonic plague with 5 deaths (case fatality rate [CFR] 3.3%).
On 22 Nov 2020, the head nurse of the Kumbuku health center (trained in plague outbreak investigation while working in Aru health zone) diagnosed plague in an 11 year old boy brought in as an emergency to the health center by his family in an altered general status (coma, high
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?8061711&promed&0
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