An unidentified, flu-like illness has killed dozens of people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to news reports. The deaths were reported in the Kwango province, which is located in the southwestern portion of the country and shares a border with Angola to the south.

An unidentified disease has killed 79 people and sickened 376, according to the Democratic Republic of Congo's Ministry of Public Health, Hygiene and Social Security.

An unidentified disease has killed at least 27 people in just over a month in the southwest of the Democratic Republic of Congo, health officials said on Wednesday.

Earlier this year, a Marburg virus outbreak in Rwanda resulted in at least 66 infections and 15 deaths, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Thanks to the quick-acting surveillance of public health authorities in the African country, the outbreak seems to be under control, with no new cases reported since Oct. 30.

At least 79 people have died from an unknown disease that is causing flu-like symptoms in south-western Democratic Republic of Congo, the health ministry says. The health ministry says the majority of people who have died are between the ages of 15 and 18.

A n “unknown disease” has reportedly killed 143 people in a rural part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in Central Africa. Symptoms include fever, headache, cough, and anemia, but little is currently known about the illness.

An unidentified disease has killed at least 27 people in just over a month in the southwest of the Democratic Republic of Congo, health officials said on Wednesday. The illness, which causes fever, headaches and a cough,

A flu-like disease that has killed dozens of people over two weeks is being investigated in southwestern Congo, local authorities said.