Rwanda’s health minister said Sunday that an outbreak of the Marburg virus is not spreading in the country, citing the ...

The country's health minister cited the absence of new infections and deaths in the past six days. View on euronews ...

Rwanda is effectively managing a Marburg virus outbreak, with 1,146 contacts identified and only three active cases remaining ...

First identified during an outbreak in 1967 in Marburg and Frankfurt, Germany, as well as Belgrade, Serbia, the virus was linked to African green monkeys imported from Uganda. Since then ...

Has Marburg virus been around for a long time? We don’t know how long it’s been around, necessarily. But the first cases were identified in 1967, in labs in Germany and the former Yugoslavia, where ...

Now, two more viral outbreaks are giving health officials sleepless nights. Rwanda is still grappling with its first outbreak ...

On Sept 27, 2024, Rwanda's Ministry of Health confirmed the nation's first-ever outbreak of Marburg virus disease. As of Oct 14, 2024, there have been 62 reported cases and 15 deaths from the virus, ...

Marburg virus is a highly contagious and deadly viral disease that can cause severe hemorrhagic fever. It is transmitted through contact with infected bodily fluids or animals, such as bats.

Rwanda is still grappling with its first outbreak of Marburg virus. A cousin to the Ebola virus, Marburg is one of the deadliest viruses known to science, with a fatality rate of about 88%.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has issued a public alert regarding the potential risk of a Marburg virus outbreak in Nigeria. Although no cases of the deadly virus ...

Rwanda's outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus is easing after vaccinations of the most vulnerable people including healthcare ...

Rwanda has launched the world's first clinical trial for Marburg virus disease treatment, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced late Tuesday, October 15. The "groundbreaking effort," in ...