Kwango: at least 67 people decimated by an unknown disease in 2 weeks

Sixty-seven people died during the last two weeks of last November following an as yet unidentified illness, which is prevalent in the Panzi health zone, in Kwango province.
According to the provincial Minister of Health of Kwango, Apollinaire Yumba, who launched the alert on December 3, children are the most affected.
Symptoms observed in patients include fever, headache, cough, paleness and anemia, he said.
« For the moment, the provincial government has dispatched a team of epidemiological experts who arrived this morning in Panzi to assess the situation. But it should be noted that along the way, before they arrived at the central office of the zone, they found in the health areas, many deaths in the villages, always caused by this disease “, underlined the minister.
Apollinaire Yumba announces that the provincial government has already sent a team of epidemiological experts to the site to determine the nature of this disease. The team will notably take the samples and send them to the National Institute of Biomedical Research (INRB) for in-depth analyses.
While waiting to have answers about this disease, he calls on the population to respect hygiene rules.
The provincial health minister also asks the population not to panic, but to limit their entry and exit movements in this health zone, while waiting to be edified.
He also pleads for respecting the barrier measures observed during the COVID-19 epidemic, in particular, not shaking hands, washing your hands regularly, staying at home if you have nothing important to do. do outside.
The presence of this unknown disease which is ravaging the population is also confirmed by the head of the Panzi sector, Alexis Kapenda, who calls for the involvement of the Government to save the population of this entity.