Hong Kong tightens airport health checks amid DR Congo mystery disease outbreak


The Democratic Republic of Congo on a map. Photo: Shutterstock/South China Morning Post

HONG KONG: Hong Kong authorities have stepped up health screening measures for all flights arriving from African transit hubs as they brace for risks of an unidentified disease that killed at least 79 in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

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.

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