Unidentified illness kills at least 8 people in Equatorial Guinea

Unknown disease kills at least ten in Equatorial Guinea

The outbreak of the unknown disease has led to movement restrictions along the borders with neighbouring Cameroon and Gabon

Unidentified illness kills at least 8 people in Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea is investigating an outbreak of an unidentified illness causing hemorrhagic fever which has killed at least eight people, local officials say. Two affected villages have been put on lockdown. The health ministry in the central African country said the outbreak was first detected on Tuesday, affecting people who attended a funeral ceremony in Kie-Ntem province, which borders Cameroon and Gabon. There were conflicting reports abo…

Cameroon Panics As Unidentified Disease Kills 20 In Neighbouring Equatorial Guinea

The strange outbreak announced in Kie Ntem, a province in Equatorial Guinea, has pushed Cameroonian authorities to shut the borders.

Deaths Caused by Rapid-Onset Unidentified Illness in Equatorial Guinea Trigger Quarantine

Equatorial Guinea has quarantined 200 people in the the Northern Province of Kié-Ntem after eight people died in two adjacent communities in the Nsok Nsomo district from hemorrhagic fevers connected to an unidentified illness. Both state government officials and the WHO are working to identify samples, with additional samples sent to Gabon and Senegal for identification. A funeral ceremony on February 7th reportedly triggered the outbreak with i…