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Should you travel when there’s a new disease outbreak?

Should you travel when there’s a new disease outbreak?

An unknown illness has killed more than 50 people in Africa this month

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Ben West
Feb 26, 2025
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The World Health Organisation has announced that more than 50 people have been killed in the last five weeks by an unknown illness in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

The illness was first discovered in three children who apparently ate a bat and as of 16 February there have been 431 cases and 53 deaths in two outbreaks. The larger outbreak has k…

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