Meningitis outbreak declared in Congo DR
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) said a deadly outbreak of meningitis has been declared in a Northeastern province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). No fewer than 260 suspected cases and 129 deaths have been reported in Tshopo Province; with a high case fatality ratio of 50 per cent, the UN health agency said on Wednesday. WHO says it is supporting health authorities in the DRC to deploy an initial emergency response team, after tests carried out by the Institut Pasteur in Paris, detected Neisseria meningitis. It is one of the most frequent strains of the bacterial form of the …