An unidentified illness has killed more than 50 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since mid-January, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Health officials reported the first cases of the mysterious disease in the northwestern village of Boloko. The start of the outbreak was traced back to three young children who died between Jan. 10 and Jan. 13. The children reportedly ate a bat before developing symptoms, which started as a fever, headache, diarrhea and fatigue and later progressed to more severe symptoms, such as vomiting blood, WHO's Regional Office for Africa reported.
