KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Rwanda's health minister said Sunday that an outbreak of the Marburg virus is not spreading in the country, citing the absence of new infections or deaths in the past six days.

Although it is a relatively rare disease, the fact that it is highly deadly is concerning to health organizations worldwide.

More than 200 people have been vaccinated since the arrival of the trial vaccines, Nsanzimana said. Like Ebola, the Marburg ...

The Ministry of Health on October 9 issued an advisory following the outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) outbreak in Rwanda. In a statement, Health Cabinet Secretary Dr. Deborah Barasa warned ...

The CDC has issued a Level 3 travel advisory for Rwanda due to an outbreak of the Marburg virus. The agency will also screen ...

Amid an outbreak of Marburg virus in Rwanda, travelers coming into the United States who have been in Rwanda in the previous 21 days will be screened starting next week, the US Department of Health ...

Rwanda’s health minister says authorities are tracing every potential contact of the index case in the country’s outbreak of ...

Rwanda is in the midst of its first outbreak of Marburg virus an often fatal disease with symptoms similar to Ebola. So far, 46 cases have been recorded and 12 deaths. The source of the outbreak is ...

Marburg Virus Outbreak: In the last few weeks, Rwanda has witnessed a sharp rise in the number of cases associated with one of the deadliest viruses in the world - the Marburg virus. This highly ...

Rwanda is trialling vaccine doses against the Marburg virus as authorities work to end an outbreak of the deadly virus. The East African country received 700 doses of a vaccine candidate from the ...

The Marburg virus disease, which is similar to Ebola, has killed hundreds of people in recent years, mostly in African nations. It is fatal for about half the people it infects according to data ...