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DR Congo measles: Nearly 5,000 dead in major outbreak
« on: November 21, 2019, 07:24:22 pm »
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DR Congo measles: Nearly 5,000 dead in major outbreak

Measles has killed nearly 5,000 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2019, authorities said, after the disease spread to all the provinces in the country.

Close to a quarter of a million people have been infected this year alone.

The World Health Organization (WHO) says this is the world's largest and fastest-moving epidemic.

Read more at: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-50506743