Daily review 26/02/2025

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    Oh joy.

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    An unknown illness has killed 53 people in a northwest region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, with a significant portion of deaths taking place within 48 hours of the onset of symptoms, according to the World Health Organization, which describes the outbreak as posing “a significant public health threat.”

    At least 431 cases have been reported since January of individuals suffering from fever, vomiting, diarrhea, muscle aches, headaches and fatigue, according to the WHO’s Africa office. The illness — believed to have broken out in two separate villages in Équateur province — has a fatality rate of 12.3 percent, the WHO said.

    Investigators traced the outbreak’s origin to Boloko Village, where three children under the age of 5 died after reportedly eating a bat carcass, health officials said. In addition to the other symptoms reported with this disease, the three children suffered through symptoms similar to those of a hemorrhagic fever — bleeding from the nose and the vomiting of blood — before they died between Jan. 10 and Jan. 13.

    https://archive.li/ZRoW6 (wapo)

    Finer details in the WHO Africa region’s write-up.

    https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/380529/OEW7-1016022025.pdf

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    The stable genius strikes.

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    Aluminum producer Alcoa said on Tuesday that US President Donald Trump’s plan to impose a tariff on aluminum imports could cost about 100,000 U.S. jobs and would itself not be enough to entice it to boost production in the country.

    Trump earlier this month said he would impose a flat 25% tariff on aluminum imports “without exceptions or exemptions” in a bid to lift US production of the metal used to make automobiles, cans and other products.

    The tariff takes effect on March 4.

    https://www.mining.com/web/alcoa-warns-trumps-aluminum-tariff-could-cost-100000-us-jobs/

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