Omicron 2? Sudan deaths

Mystery illness sounds like another variant of COVID but more deadly

https://whitehousewire.com/2021/12/24/world-health-organization-investigates-mystery-illness-that-has-reportedly-killed-almost-100-people-in-sudan-4/

No I think it is much more. It makes me very nervous. They left this past Wednesda without saying anything to the health ministry 

Wiki-pages; [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_South_Sudan_disease_outbreak[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_South_Sudan_disease_outbreak ; 

On 14 December 2021, the World Health Organization launched an investigation into an unknown disease that has resulted in at least 89 deaths in Fangak, Jonglei State, South Sudan.^[2]

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In early December, 2021, South Sudan's ministry of health reported dozens of deaths due to an unidentified illness.^[1] The reports came amidst severe flooding in the region and prompted the World Health Organization (WHO) to send rapid response team to collect samples of the disease.^[3] Initial samples tested negative for cholera.

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and [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_South_Sudan[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_South_Sudan could be interesting for info-links....

[url]https://sudantribune.com/article253259/[/url] or https://sudantribune.com/article253259/ ;

December 21, 2021 (JUBA) – South Sudan reintroduced again some restrictions including partial lockdown to curb the spread of COVID 19 in the country.

The National Taskforce imposed a ban on social gatherings and entertainment sites as well as a night curfew starting 10 pm to 6 am.

In a statement on Tuesday, the task force stated that the wearing of a face mask is mandatory and citizens are required to observe social distancing while avoiding a handshake.

Further, it pointed that the recent surge of respiratory disease requires such restrictions.

“The national taskforce is hereby once again putting in place necessary measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19 as follows, enforcing lockdown with effect from 21st December 2021 to 10th January 2022,” he announced on Tuesday.

DJ  Omicron is believed to have a mice-link. Cows can get corona-virus infections [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronavirus#Farm_animals[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronavirus#Farm_animals ;

Infection in animals

Coronaviruses have been recognized as causing pathological conditions in veterinary medicine since the 1930s.^[19] They infect a range of animals including swine, cattle, horses, camels, cats, dogs, rodents, birds and bats.^[126] The majority of animal related coronaviruses infect the intestinal tract and are transmitted by a fecal-oral route.^[127] Significant research efforts have been focused on elucidating the viral pathogenesis of these animal coronaviruses, especially by virologists interested in veterinary and zoonotic diseases.^[128]

Farm animals

Coronaviruses infect domesticated birds.^[129] Infectious bronchitis virus (IBV), a type of coronavirus, causes avian infectious bronchitis.^[130] The virus is of concern to the poultry industry because of the high mortality from infection, its rapid spread, and its effect on production.^[126] The virus affects both meat production and egg production and causes substantial economic loss.^[131] In chickens, infectious bronchitis virus targets not only the respiratory tract but also the urogenital tract. The virus can spread to different organs throughout the chicken.^[130] The virus is transmitted by aerosol and food contaminated by feces. Different vaccines against IBV exist and have helped to limit the spread of the virus and its variants.^[126] Infectious bronchitis virus is one of a number of strains of the species Avian coronavirus.^[132] Another strain of avian coronavirus is turkey coronavirus (TCV) which causes enteritis in turkeys.^[126]

Coronaviruses also affect other branches of animal husbandry such as pig farming and the cattle raising.^[126] Swine acute diarrhea syndrome coronavirus (SADS-CoV), which is related to bat coronavirus HKU2, causes diarrhea in pigs.^[133] Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) is a coronavirus that has recently emerged and similarly causes diarrhea in pigs.^[134] Transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TGEV), which is a member of the species Alphacoronavirus 1,^[135] is another coronavirus that causes diarrhea in young pigs.^[136][137] In the cattle industry bovine coronavirus (BCV), which is a member of the species Betacoronavirus 1 and related to HCoV-OC43,^[138] is responsible for severe profuse enteritis in young calves.^[126]

DJ; [url]https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/south-sudan/[/url] or https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/south-sudan/ South Sudan reporting an explosion of CoViD cases 78 last week, this week 927 an increase of 1,088% but maybe they managed to increase testing... 

Scary 

News just now 10 more deaths

https://en.as.com/en/2021/12/24/latest_news/1640353876_492073.html

There are too many "other" things going on here to assume its anything but something local causing this.  Just my opinion, but I don't see this as concerning.