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

Last year alone, Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania both dealt with Marburg outbreaks, as well as Ghana in 2022. A Marburg ...

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

While this is the first Marburg virus (MARV) outbreak to affect Rwanda, it is not the first in Africa over the past 20 years. Previous outbreaks occurred in Angola (2004–05), Uganda (2007, 2012, 2017) ...

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.

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 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 ...

ADDIS ABABA/KIGALI, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- The number of confirmed Marburg virus disease cases in Rwanda has risen to 62, with 15 deaths, Rwanda's Health Minister Sabin Nsanzimana has announced.

The Marburg virus outbreak in Rwanda has claimed 13 lives in just two weeks, with the majority of fatalities occurring among healthcare professionals. According to the Rwandan health minister ...

"Now people are beginning to take hygiene more seriously because of the new Marburg virus outbreak," said Nyirimana. "It is out of ignorance that some people ignore precautionary measures meant to ...