DRC Confirms Malaria Cause of Mysterious Illness 

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The National Public Health Institute, the nodal agency dealing with contagious diseases, announced that tests confirmed the disease caused the deaths of 52 people and affected nearly 1,000 others in Equateur province.

The Democratic Republic of Congo has confirmed that a mysterious illness that killed more than 50 people earlier this year was malaria. The National Public Health Institute, the nodal agency dealing with contagious diseases, announced that tests confirmed the disease caused the deaths of 52 people and affected nearly 1,000 others in Equateur province.

Symptoms included fever, fatigue, vomiting, and weight loss. Initially suspected malaria or food poisoning, the illness was identified after lab testing on patient samples. Officials are still awaiting the results of tests on food, water, and drink samples. This follows a separate malaria outbreak in December that has since been confirmed as malaria.

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Malaria continues to be a fatal affliction in some of the African countries, despite the long measures taken to prevent the disease.