Plague — DR Congo
After going several weeks without a reported human plague case in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), new cases were reported between mid-February and mid-March [2020]. Since the beginning of the year [2020], a total of 20 suspected bubonic plague cases with 7 deaths (case fatality ratio 35%) were notified in 5 health zones: Aungba (4 cases and 2 deaths), Linga (7 cases and 5 deaths), Rethy (6 cases and no deaths), Aru (2 cases and no deaths), and Kambala (1 case and no deaths). From
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