According to a report on the People's Daily Overseas website, DRC MP Pasi? Zabamba said: ? A group of MPs from Cuango province met with Speaker Christophe? Mboso met to discuss what happened in the Kasongo-Lunda region. The unknown cause of the disease has so far claimed the lives of 15 people.?
The governor of the DRC's Cuango province, Jean-Mariepudi? Puji said the first case of the unknown disease was discovered a month ago. So far, those who have died of the disease have been elderly people between the ages of 60 and 80.
Apparently, this is due to the weaker resistance of this population.
In recent years, viruses such as dengue fever, Ebola and African swine fever have mostly originated in the African region, which seems as if it is very prone to infectious diseases. The reason for this is the following aspects:
First of all, the temperature in Africa is high all year round, close to the human body temperature, which is very suitable for the survival of the virus. You should know that the human body temperature is only about 36-37 degrees, and the temperature in Africa is very close to this, the virus from nature to the human body, there is no fundamental obstacle.
Secondly, the economic development of the African region is slow, mostly poor and developing countries, the people's standard of living is low, and many places can not even guarantee hygienic drinking water. Accordingly, the level of hygiene is not high, especially the level of public **** hygiene is low, which is also very easy to breed all kinds of viruses.
And once the virus spreads from person to person, it is basically impossible to overcome the local medical and health conditions in Africa alone.
Moreover, Africa is a vast region, rich in natural resources, and many places have not been fully developed by human beings, so the diversity of species has been well preserved. This, in a way, also creates convenient conditions for the virus to thrive and become prevalent.
In addition, because Africa's economic conditions are relatively backward, the people's level of education is not high, living habits are not hygienic, and there is no isolation and control of such institutional conditions, in the event of an epidemic, basically rely on self-immunity.
In summary, Africa is prone to epidemics of infectious diseases, in fact, is the economy, geography and many other factors, and to improve the situation, the development of the economy is bound to take the road.