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A mysterious disease kills 18 in Ethiopia

Posted on by Elias Kifle

ADDIS ABABA (AFP) – A mysterious disease has killed 18 people and affected around 150 others in central Ethiopia, the UN humanitarian office said Monday.

“Although the signs and symptoms of the disease include headache, fever, neck stiffness, diarrhea and vomitting — all related to meningitis, the specific disease has not yet been confirmed,” it said in a statement.

The Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the disease erupted on July 4.

Meanwhile, an outbreak of typhoid fever has killed one person and affected more than 100 in the northern Tigray region, OCHA said, adding that 11 others have also died of acute watery diarrhea across the country.

The Horn of Africa nation is also facing food shortages in some parts with over six million of its people needing food aid due to poor rains, according to the UN.

Ethiopia is Africa’s second most populous country after Nigeria with around 77 million inhabitants.

6 thoughts on “A mysterious disease kills 18 in Ethiopia”

  1. I BET THE CORRUPT WEYANE WILL LEAD THE PEOPLE INTO UNBEARABLE PAIN AND AGONY WHILE WE JUST GATHER AROUND AND DISCUSS METHODS TO FIGHT CORRUPTION.I SAY ALL OF US WHETHER MIDDLE CLASS OR MINIMUM WAGE WORKERS DECIDE FROM TODAY ONWARDS TO REMEMBER THE NEED OF ETHIOPIANS LIVING IN ETHIOPIA.THE FACT THAT Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez announced that, as of JULY,24, the national minimum wage will increase from $6.55 per hour to $7.25 per hour. This 70-cent increase is the final of three increases to take effect under legislation passed by House Democrats.I CHALLENGE ALL ETHIOPIAN(AMERICAN) DIASPORAS TO CONTRIBUTE THIS 70 CENTS INCREASE TO ETHIOPIANS DESPERATELY IN NEED..

  2. SWINE FLU??? That’s where the symptoms are pointing…or some other strain of H1N1 virus. Aren’t there any epedemilogists in Ethiopia?? Oh I forgot the “prime minister’ has said Ethiopia don’t need doctors.

  3. It would be the evil Tplf, triabal rascist regime who sholud be responsible for such. The only solution for Ethiopia & its people is to abolush for good Meles& its weyanes fascist thugs as soon as posibile. So we must stand together agaist these dangerous gangisters,Meles, Bereket, Sebhat & all their collaboraters before they destroy our country & nations. Full Support to Ginbot 7 & EPPF !!!

  4. We in the Ethiopians in north america specially should lead this fight, we should unite and help our people.
    We are undersiege. Who knows if this is not man made and it is not intended to scare people away from rising up and challenging the authority which has subjected the country to a state of lottery just like under the British, right after the italians, when they called the country ” Occupied enemy territory”, meaning it is all for britain to lot and put in the pocket, this time the colaborators home grown have a share.

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