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Epidemic Kills 32 Diamond Mine Workers In DR Congo
Kinshasa (AFP) Aug 19, 2005 Thirty-two people working in a diamond mine in the central region of the Democratic Republic of Congo are now known to have died from an "acute respiratory syndrome" since the end of July, according to new figures by the health ministry Friday. "This infection, which must be confirmed by laboratory results, has already seen 32 victims notified out of the 1,500 cases registered," regional medical inspector Dr Andre Kasogo Mulamba told AFP. The epidemic broke out on July 29 at Kabongola, about 240 kilometresmiles) from Kindu, the main city of the central Maniema province. On August 11, the death toll stood at 23 out of 997 affected people in Kabongola, a mining town of about 6,000 inhabitants. The epidemic begins with "bloody diarrhoea" and is accompanied by fever, pains in the throat, vomiting and later difficulty in breathing. An official with Medecins sans Frontieres (Doctors without Borders), which last week sent an emergency team to Punia, north of Kindu, said it could be a "pulmonary plague" but that it was unconfirmed. A diagnosis may be done within a month, said MSF's Philippe Havet. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express Epidemics on Earth - Bird Flu, HIV/AIDS, Ebola
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