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EDITOR'S NOTE: Like the original cover stories regarding the "origin" of the man-made AIDS virus, the "new" SARS virus likewise has been "found" in Hong Kong and China. The media has however ignored all earlier African reports of severe respiratory illness prior to "new" Asian SARS.

Perhaps this reporting would interfere with medical propaganda that only "sex" viruses come from (originate in) Africa and severe "flu" viruses originate in Asia.

The following are some articles, by date, on SARS (the name has been changed from "Acute" respiratory syndrome to "Severe" ARS. The symptoms and the death rate are the same, no matter what you call the disease. Why has this information been omitted from recent reports of SARS coming from Asia? Is this a new depopulation scheme of the World Health Organization? Remember supposed "overpopulation" was named as a "national security" threat by the United States Government during the Kissinger era. Is SARS another "manmade" disease cooked up by the black magicians of Fort Detrick?)

29 November 2002

Acute respiratory syndrome in Democratic Republic of the Congo
As of 22 November, over 4,000 cases of acute respiratory illness, including approximately 500 deaths, have been preliminarily reported since October from Bosobolo (Equateur Province), Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The clinical features of the illness include rhinorrhea, headache, arthralgia and respiratory insufficiency. Laboratory confirmation of the cause of this outbreak is pending. Access to, and communications with the affected area is difficult. Currently, Médecins sans Frontières (MSF-France), Epicentre and WHO are supporting the Ministry of Health in investigating this outbreak and providing medical services.

Monday, Dec, 2nd

Some 500 of the 4,000 people with acute respiratory illness reported since October in Bosobolo, in the northwest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, have died, the World Health Organisation (WHO) reported on Friday. "The clinical features of the illness include rhinorrhea, headache, arthralgia and respiratory insufficiency," it said. Laboratory confirmation of the cause of this outbreak was awaited, it said, while access to and communications with the affected area were difficult. Meanwhile, Medecins sans Frontieres-France, Epicentre and WHO were helping the Ministry of Health investigate the outbreak and providing medical services.

December 13, 2002 (Posted to the web December 13, 2002)

Nairobi, Kenya -- An outbreak of an acute respiratory syndrome in the northwest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has affected Bosobolo, Gbadolite, Gemena and Karawa, the World Health Organisation (WHO) reported on Thursday. Communications problems with health personnel in the field persisted, WHO reported, which meant that comprehensive surveillance data had been difficult to obtain. Preliminary results of a survey conducted by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) France and Epicentre showed, however, that 1,245 cases of the illness, including 18 deaths, had been reported in Bosobolo.

The outbreak had peaked by early November, WHO reported, with all age groups affected. The highest fatality rates were found among the elderly and children less than five years old. WHO, MSF-Belgium, Memisa and FOMETRO were helping the Ministry of Health with laboratory diagnosis and provision of supplies, WHO added.

20 December 2002

Acute respiratory syndrome in Democratic Republic of the Congo - Update 2 -- Cases of acute respiratory syndrome continue to be reported in the Republic of the Congo (see previous report). By November 22, an Influenza-like illness was reported in Djolu, Bosobolo, Karawa and Genema health areas in Equateur Province, with Bosobolo being the most affected area. Six nasopharyngeal swabs taken from patients with influenza-like illness in Bosobolo after 12 December 2002 have been tested at the Institute Pasteur, Paris (a partner in the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network).

Influenza A/Panama/2007/99(H3N2)-like viruses were isolated from four of them. A/Panama/2007/99, is the representative strain of A/H3N2 currently circulating world wide and closely related to the vaccine strain. Further genetic identification of the virus is underway. WHO and Médecins sans Frontières continue to assist the Ministry of Health with technical support and medicines.

Influenza in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

12 February 2003 Disease Outbreak Reported

 In early January 2003, the Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo reported an outbreak of acute respiratory syndrome in Kinshasa. Serum and nasopharyngeal samples from 5 districts from Kinshasa were tested by Institut Pasteur, Paris. Evidence from 16 of the 22 serum samples strongly suggests influenza virus A(H3N2) to be involved in the current outbreak. This virus has been circulating worldwide for several years. Influenza vaccine containing the WHO recommended vaccine strains protect against this influenza virus. Virus isolation and characterization are currently underway. The Ministry of Health conducted epidemiological studies from December 2002 to mid-January 2003 in health zones and medical institutions in Kinshasa. Fourteen medical institutions reported 3 963 influenza cases including 126 deaths (case-fatality rate of 3.2%) and 33 health zones reported 27 211 cases including 170 deaths (case-fatality rate of 0.6%). The differences in the case-fatality rates can be explained by differences in health and nutritional status and access to health care services.

Children under 5 years of age were the most affected. The epidemiology of this outbreak is still not completely understood as limited resources have impeded a more thorough investigation. However, Epicentre/Médecins sans Frontières, France have recently initiated more comprehensive data collection and analysis.

19 February 2003 Disease Outbreak Reported

As of 19 February results from two laboratories have confirmed the presence of an avian influenza virus in a child in Hong Kong SAR. Tests conducted in two samples from this single patient have identified the virus as the strain of influenza A(H5N1). A similar virus caused an outbreak in Hong Kong SAR in 1997, with 18 cases detected and six deaths. In the current outbreak, a 9-year-old boy who travelled to Fujian Province (China) in January with his mother and his two sisters became ill on February 9 and was admitted to a Hong Kong hospital on February 12. He has recovered and is in a stable condition. Other members of his family presented with a similar illness. The child's sister and father have died. The boy's mother was ill but has recovered. It is not yet known whether the other family members were also infected with influenza A(H5N1). A medical and epidemiological investigation is ongoing in Hong Kong to determine the cause of those illnesses. Results should be available in the next few days. Investigations are ongoing to determine the source of the infection.The World Health Organization is collaborating closely with health authorities in Hong Kong SAR and China in investigating the outbreak. The WHO Global Influenza Surveillance network has been alerted.

By Mark Dummett BBC, Kinshasa

A deadly flu epidemic has struck more than a million people and killed more than 100 in Kinshasa, according to the Democratic Republic of Congo's health ministry.

The flu, which was first reported in the Central African Republic in September, has now been registered in four Congolese provinces, where authorities say it has killed at least 2,000 people.

The head of the epidemiology department at the Democratic Republic of Congo's ministry of health says that more than a million people in Kinshasa,a city of six million, are suffering from the flu. Symptoms include fever, headaches, painful limbs and a sore throat.Dr Kebela Ilunga said more than 100 people are believed to have died in the city.

Woeful condition

It has been confirmed this week that it is the same flu strain that was first reported in September in the northern Bosobolo health zone, and before on the other side of the Oubangiu river in the Central African Republic.

The flu has now spread to Kinshasa Refugees, rebel soldiers and traders are believed to have brought the virus into DR Congo, where Health Minister Dr Mashako Mamba said, it has killed more than 2,000 people.

The vast majority were infants and old people living in isolated and impoverished jungle communities in the northern Equatuer Province, under the control of the rebel Movement for the Liberation of Congo. The war has meant clinics and hospitals there are in a woeful condition,lacking both doctors and medicines.

The health ministry says the epidemic has now reached not only Kinshasa but also the neighbouring provinces of Bandundu and Bas Congo. Medecins Sans Frontieres, which is supporting efforts in the capital to treat sufferers, says flu has also been reported this week in neighbouring Congo-Brazzaville.

The health ministry says this is the same strain which killed more than 700 people in Madagascar last year, but believes that the worst is now over.