Red alarm level: Mysterious disease X reaches Italy!

Red alarm level: Mysterious disease X reaches Italy!

The mysterious "illness X" currently causes an alarm in Europe. After over 130 lives in the Congo have already been requested, there are now first suspected cases in Italy. A 50-year-old man from Lucca was hospitalized last weekend. He suffers from flu -like symptoms and anemia that may be connected to the disease observed in Africa. This was confirmed by Maria Rosaria Campitiello, head of the Department of Prevention and Research by the Local Ministry of Health, how fru.de reported.

suspected cases in Calabria

There is also another suspicion: a woman from Cosenza who returned from the Central African Republic on November 29 was temporarily taken to the hospital. It shows symptoms that are typical of "disease X". Her rehearsals are also currently being analyzed in the Istituto Superiore della Sanità. The local health authorities estimate that the likelihood of a contagion of other people is low, such as Today.at reported.

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the health authorities have raised the alarm. 143 people have already died since the first case on October 24. The disease manifests itself through symptoms such as fever, breathing difficulties and anemia. A large number of those affected are children who are particularly at risk. The World Health Organization (WHO) has sent specialists to the Congo in order to help with the investigation into the cause of "illness X". Possible relationships with already known diseases such as pneumonia and Covid-19 are also considered.