Hong Kong tightens airport health checks amid Congo mystery disease outbreak
The unknown disease has left 79 dead and more than 300 infected in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since late October
The Centre for Health Protection said on Thursday it had sought information about the outbreak from the World Health Organization, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, and Congolese health authorities.
According to health authorities in the central African country, the unknown disease has resulted in 79 deaths and more than 300 infections since late October.
Patients, most of whom were over the age of 15, experienced symptoms including fever, headache, runny nose, cough, breathing difficulties and anaemia.
The centre said the local government had received no reports of people or travellers arriving in Hong Kong from the country with unknown diseases.
