5 h. ago Unknown illness that killed 53 within hours is very 'concerning' for grim reason

A mystery illness has so far claimed at least 53 lives after an initial outbreak came when three children ate a bat - a health expert says one aspect of the outbreak is particularly 'concerning'

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8 h. 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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21 h. 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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24 h. 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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24 h. ago A mystery illness in Congo has killed more than 50 people hours after they felt sick

Health experts say 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

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31 h. ago Over 50 dead of mystery illness that can kill within hours as scientists suspect horrifying theory

A virus that has killed dozens of people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and develops rapidly could share one key characteristic with Covid, doctors have warned

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31 h. 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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33 h. 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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35 h. ago Mystery deadly disease with 'really worrying' 419 cases already is not Ebola

Doctors have raised the alarm over a 'really worrying' unidentified deadly illness that has kills in a matter of hours, with more than 50 deaths already recorded

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43 h. ago Unknown illness kills at least 53 people in just hours as doctors admit it's 'really worrying'

The World Health Organisation reports dozens of deaths from an unknown disease in the north-west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo that quickly causes symptoms

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43 h. ago WHO alarm over mystery illness that's killed more than 50 people in just hours

The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported more than 50 deaths from an unknown illness in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which has an extremely short window between symptoms and death

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45 h. ago Unknown illness kills more than 50 people in just HOURS as doctors admit it's 'really worrying'

Serge Ngalebato, the medical director of the Bikoro Hospital, a regional monitoring centre in the Democratic Republic of Congo, said the situation was "really worrying"

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5 d. ago EastEnders fans fear third character will die after spotting tragic clue

Another EastEnders character could be about to die on the BBC soap, just hours after Martin Fowler was killed off following the 40th anniversary live episode

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