|Last Update August 7th, 2012 at 8:25
Not yet an epidemic has already killed fourteen known Congolese among three thousand and fourteen returned to Angola via the border crossings and Kandjaji Tshitundu, localities 180 km south of the town of Tshikapa (Kasai Occidental). Local sources indicate that these Congolese out of Angola voluntarily flee the spread of this disease manifested by bloody diarrhea in communities Tshinguvu, Lukata and other mining areas of Lunda North
Reliance on the report of the health zone Kamonya, the chief medical officer of health district Tshikapa, Jean-Pierre Okambio, says the health status of three patients supported by the hospital Kamonya developing positively.
Jean-Pierre Okambio also asked health services operating at the border to take steps to prevent the spread of this epidemic unknown.
Local health authorities say that the patients reported are already supported in hospitals near the borders. http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=fr&tl=en&twu=1&u=http://radiookapi.net/actualite/2012/08/07/tshikapa-une-epidemie-inconnue-tue-14-congolais-retournes-de-langola/&usg=ALkJrhgB0F1dwCreVSUzH2mc7eaW3ClNaA
