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#DRC, #Kwango province affected by #influenza {A #H1N1} virus in #Panzi health zone

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By G.M.

The flu caused by the Influenza virus, associated with malaria on a ground of malnutrition, is the unknown disease that has been decimating the population in the health zone of Panzi, in the province of Kwango, for more than a month.

This is what the diagnosis made by the INRB reveals after in-depth analyses. 

The governor of Kwango province, Willy Bitwisila, officially declared on Wednesday night, December 5, this epidemic which has caused around thirty deaths and more than 400 cases in this part of the Kasongolunda territory.

"This is the epidemic that is causing deaths in the previously unidentified Panzi health zone. 

''After a rigorous investigation, the results from the INRB laboratory have just confirmed that it is influenza caused by the Influenza AH1N1 virus, {rhinovirus, SARS-CoV-2, edited, in the article the terms are unreadable}, associated with malaria on the ground of malnutrition. 

''An epidemic that I am now officially declaring. I would therefore like to reassure each and every one of you that all necessary measures are being taken to slow the spread of this virus," said Willy Bitwisila.  

Source: Radio Okapi, https://www.radiookapi.net/2024/12/26/actualite/sante/la-province-du-kwango-affectee-par-le-virus-influenza-dans-la-zone-de

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