More than 50 people have died from the unidentified illness, with many dropping dead just hours after symptoms first appeared.
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World Health Organisation has labelled the outbreak a 'significant public health threat'.
Officials believe the outbreak began on January 21, and 419 cases have been recorded as of Monday, including 53 deaths.
One area has an 'exceptionally high fatality rate' with two thirds of people who contracted the mystery disease passing away.
According to WHO's Africa office, the outbreak is believed to have started in the town of Boloko, where three children reportedly ate a dead bat.
They died 48 hours after developing symptoms of hemorrhagic fever, a group of illnesses characterised by fever, bleeding, headache, joint pain, and other symptoms.
Professor of Epidemiology at Deakin University Catherine Bennett told Daily Mail Australia she wasn't too worried about the illness spreading despite experts not knowing what it is.
