More than 50 people have died in the northwest Democratic Republic of Congo from a mystery illness that first appeared in three children who ate a bat.

A mysterious disease is spreading in the northwest of the Democratic Republic of Congo after kids ate the carcass of a bat.

The outbreak began in January, with 419 cases recorded so far, and comes after another mystery illness killed 143 in December ...

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