Kinshasa - Saba:
The Minister of Health in the Kwango region in southwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Apollinaire Yumba, announced the death of at least 67 people in the past two weeks as a result of a mysterious disease.
Radio Okapi quoted Apollinaire Yumba as saying in a statement: "The disease causes flu-like symptoms, including fever, headache, breathing problems and anemia, and mainly affects children under the age of 15."
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