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At least 376 people are already reported to have been infected by the illness that has hit Kwango province in the southwest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Children between 16 and 19 years old are worst affected, with patients suffering from a flu-like illness with symptoms including a fever, headache, cough, difficulty breathing and anemia — or lack of red blood cells.
A World Health Organization team has been dispatched to the area to test samples and identify the cause of the illness. It is expected they will publish the results of the testing in the coming days
Officials initially suggested that 143 people had died from the mystery disease, although authorities appear to have reduced that number to 71 deaths.
These include 27 in people who died in the hospital and 44 people who died in the community.
Of the people who died in hospital, 10 died due to a lack of blood transfusions and 17 died as a result of respiratory problems — the health minister said.
Most of the cases were children in their late teens, aged between 15 and 18 years old according to the BBC.
He continued: 'We have another major coronavirus likely brewing in Asia, we've had SARS-2 in 2002, Covid-19 in 2019, and we know these viruses are jumping from bats to people thousands of times a year.
'But there's still more. We know that we have a big problem with mosquito transmitted viruses all along the Gulf Coast where I am here in Texas, we're expecting Dengue and possibly Zika virus coming back or Oropuche virus, maybe even Yellow Fever.
'And then we have all this sharp rise in vaccine-preventable diseases going up becauase of, in part, the anti-vaccine activisim that's so prominent right now.
'We have a five-fold rise in pertussis cases, or whooping cough, over the last year, 15 measles outbreaks this year, we've got polio, that's been in the wastewater in New York state.'
The Canadian government has issued advice warning citizens to prepare for a hypothetical new virus that could lead to food and fuel disruptions.
The Centre for Occupational Health and Safety rolled out a second edition of their Flu and Infectious Disease Outbreaks Business Continuity Plan Handbook.
The guide provides information for employers on what to prepare for in the face of another pandemic.
In the new edition, released in June, they focus on a 'hypothetical virus', that they warn could trigger further disruption that Covid-19.
The current cycle is short and is already showing signs of the next cycles magnetics which could mean the next cycle will be extremely long. Solar cycles last from 8-14 years but generally last 11 years.
What was particularly interesting about COVID & Solar Cycle 25 was when the termination event occurred, Covid's potency died down. Termination event marks the magnetic end of the previous solar cycle. During COVID, magnetics connected to both cycles were occurring. Once solar cycle 24 ended, covid significantly weakened. My wife has told me covid and other respiratory infections are increasing in hospitals and im noticing more people coughing so it makes me curious if this is connected to the fact that solar cycle 26 has already began to appear. If Cycle 25 is short 8 years then that means cycle 26 will begin around 2027. However cycle 25 may not experience its official termination until 2030s. Meaning we could experience a pandemic that lasts 2-5+ years if it begins during this period.
Face mask mandates appear to be making a quiet comeback in hospitals across the US amid growing concerns over what experts are calling a 'quad-emic.'
Four viral infections — flu, Covid, the cold-like virus RSV and norovirus — are rising, reaching around 15million cases and 30,000 deaths so far this winter.
In response to the outbreak, Duke Health in North Carolina and Mass General Brigham in Massachusetts both updated their masking and visitor guidelines this week.
It means hospitals in at least eight states are requiring or strongly urging mask-wearing indoors, including Wisconsin, California, Illinois, Indiana, New Jersey and New York.
The move comes amid growing fears about a viral outbreak in China that has reportedly overwhelmed hospitals in northern provinces.
Mass General, which treats 2.5million patients, is comprised of 12 hospitals and clinics scattered throughout Massachusetts and for most of its facilities, leaders escalated its respiratory virus activity status to 'high.'
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