Cases of illnesses like haemorrhagic fever were once sporadic but have been increasing in frequency

In a ramshackle village in South Sudan, just a few miles from the Ethiopian border, at least three people were reported to have fallen gravely ill on Friday.

The source of their illness remains unknown, but there are telltale signs of what it could be: vomiting, diarrhoea, high fevers, and bleeding.

A biorisk alert, issued by Airfinity, a company tracking dangerous disease outbreaks around the world, suggests the patients could be infected with Ebola

“Health authorities, alongside a WHO team, reported three suspected viral haemorrhagic fever cases in Lotimor, South Sudan ”, the alert warned.

“Symptoms [are] consistent with viral hemorrhagic fever,” it added.

Outbreaks like these are becoming increasingly common.…