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Russia Probing Reports of Deadly 'Disease X' in DR Congo, Watchdog Says

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Russia Probing Reports of Deadly 'Disease X' in DR Congo, Watchdog Says

12:36 GMT 03.01.2021 (Updated: 11:28 GMT 24.11.2022)

© AFP 2023 / Seros MuyisaDemocratic Republic of Congo's Red Cross members wearing gloves and masks handling dead bodies in Mangina on February 10, 2020, that were brought to the Mangina hospital morgue on February 9, 2020, following an attack on February 8, 2020 in Mangina. - People of Mangina are leaving the city due to the fear of imminent attacks by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. (Photo by Seros MUYISA / AFP)

Democratic Republic of Congo's Red Cross members wearing gloves and masks handling dead bodies in Mangina on February 10, 2020, that were brought to the Mangina hospital morgue on February 9, 2020, following an attack on February 8, 2020 in Mangina. - People of Mangina are leaving the city due to the fear of imminent attacks by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. (Photo by Seros MUYISA / AFP) - Sputnik International

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian public health watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, is investigating all sources and reports on the emergence and incidence of a new potentially deadly "Disease X" in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the watchdog's press service told Sputnik on Sunday.

"Rospotrebnadzor is studying all sources and publications on the topic relating to the incidence of the disease in the Congo", the Russian watchdog said.

On 31 December, CNN reported that scientist Jean-Jacques Muyembe Tamfum, who helped discover the Ebola virus, warned of the hypothetical new disease, which could lead to outbreaks around the world.

© REUTERS / WHOAFROWorkers from the World Health Organization (WHO) inspect an Arktek ultra-cold vaccine storage cylinder containing Ebola vaccines in Mbandaka, Equateur Province, Democratic Republic of Congo in this undated photograph taken July, 2020. Picture taken July, 2020. T. Alhassan/WHOAFRO/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

Russia Probing Reports of Deadly 'Disease X' in DR Congo, Watchdog Says - Sputnik International

Workers from the World Health Organization (WHO) inspect an Arktek ultra-cold vaccine storage cylinder containing Ebola vaccines in Mbandaka, Equateur Province, Democratic Republic of Congo in this undated photograph taken July, 2020. Picture taken July, 2020. T. Alhassan/WHOAFRO/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

According to the World Health Organisation, "X" stands for "unexpected". One of Tamfum's patients in the DRC developed early symptoms of hemorrhagic fever but tested negative for Ebola and other known diseases.