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    North Kivu: a strange flu in Goma

    North Kivu | Friday, October 30, 2009 at 12:29:27


    800 suspected cases of influenza have not yet identified, have been reported in Goma for two weeks now.

    The responsible health official in the Provincial Division of Health noted that this strange flu substantially affects children in the group under 5 years and adults.

    To date, 18 cases were collected and sent to Kinshasa to analysis in South Africa, said Dr. Guy Mutombo.

    However, the official called the people not to panic while awaiting laboratory results in two weeks, reports radiookapi.n

    ?Addressing chronic disease is an issue of human rights ? that must be our call to arms"
    Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief The Lancet

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