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WHO warns of deadly, previously unknown disease spreading rapidly in DRC's northwest

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As of Feb. 15 , a total of 431 cases resulting in 53 deaths have been reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s northwest.

Nearly half of those deaths occurred within 48 hours of symptom onset in one of the affected health zones, WHO says.

The disease is a hemorrhagic fever disease believed to be from a bat carcass.