Fears mystery killer disease already in America as Ohio hospital quarantines traveler with unknown illness | 6 Dec 2024 | An Ohio hospital was in panic last night after a patient who had recently arrived from Africa was rushed to its ER with a flu-like illness. The individual was quarantined when staff learned the patient had traveled from Tanzania, which borders the Democratic Republic of Congo, where a mystery disease outbreak has killed dozens. But in an update this morning, a spokesperson for the hospital said the patient's condition was found to be "routine" and not linked to the outbreak. They have now been removed from isolation. The response, however, highlights growing concerns around the situation in the DRC that has so far sickened at least 376 people and killed up to 143.