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Mystery Disease Outbreak in Egyptian Village Alarms Health Authorities: Investigation Underway - BNN Breaking (bnn.network)

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Health Ministry Takes Action: Investigating the Strange Disease Outbreak In a concerning turn of events, over 200 people in the Egyptian village of Al-aleikat, located in the Qena governorate, have been infected with a mysterious disease, causing alarm among the residents.

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[–] AstralWeekends@lemm.ee 41 points 2 years ago (3 children)

According to this article, it's an outbreak of Dengue fever:

https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/07/dengue-fever-outbreak-egypt-forces-russia-issue-tourism-warning

[–] Admetus@sopuli.xyz 12 points 2 years ago

The lack of people actually reading the article and saying it's like a new plague, and you pop along, you who actually read the article and you say it's just dengue fever.

Needless to say I didn't read the article and been just enjoyin' the tin foil hat (or face mask) conversation going on in the comments.

[–] livus@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago

Yes that's what the tests have found.

There are also big dengue outbreaks in Laos and Bangladesh.

[–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Are broken bones common with Dengue fever?

[–] EnderWi99in@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago

Well it's also known as "breakbone fever". Seems likely this is the cause.