4 d. ago Mystery 'crying disease' can kill you in hours as symptoms revealed after outbreak

Experts have weighed in on a new illness that has claimed the lives of several people and revealed which symptoms to look out for as testing continues on the virus strain

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5 d. ago Terrifying symptoms of mystery 'crying disease' that kills you in hours

More than 50 people have already died in the outbreak , with patients dying within 48 hours of symptoms appearing - alarming officials. And 413 people are reported to have been infected.

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5 d. ago First symptoms of mystery illness that killed 50 people within hours revealed

The World Health Organization says the outbreak began in the town of Boloko after three children ate a bat

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6 d. ago Congo mystery illness: 53 people die within hours of 'hemorrhagic fever' symptoms

Medical director raises alarm over ‘really worrying’ interval between the onset of symptoms and death that has been 48 hours in most cases

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6 d. ago Congo news blackout on mystery killer viruses as 50 victims in hours

The initial fatality rate of the mystery illness is 12.49% – three times higher than Covid-19 – and patients are dying just 48 hours after they first develop symptoms

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6 d. ago Mystery illness in Congo kills 50 people who died within hours of symptoms

Medical director raises alarm over ‘really worrying’ interval between the onset of symptoms and death that has been 48 hours in most cases

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6 d. ago Mystery after three Americans are found dead at Belize beach resort

The women may have been dead for up to 20 hours before their bodies were discovered

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6 d. ago Doctors sound alarm over mystery illness in Congo after 50 people die within hours of symptoms

Officials believe the outbreak began on January 21, and 419 cases have been recorded as of Monday. This includes 53 deaths.

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6 d. ago Mystery illness worries doctors after 50 people die in Congo within hours of symptoms

The first outbreak in the town of Boloko began after three children ate a bat and died within 48 hours

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6 d. ago Alert over deadly mystery illness which kills more than one in 10 within hours of symptoms

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has reported more than 50 deaths in the north-west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from an unknown disease with a worrying fatality rate

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6 d. ago Unknown illness kills more than 50 people in Congo within hours of first symptoms

The interval between the onset of symptoms and death has been 48 hours in the majority of cases

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7 d. ago I thought nodding off in front of the TV was normal. But it was a sign of disease doctors said could kill me at any moment

Having hit his mid-50s, former Olympic runner Roger Black thought the fact he sometimes nodded off in front of the TV in the early evening was 'just a sign I was becoming an old git'.

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