A total of 26 suspected cases were tested and only one tested positive, Ms. Hassan said on Monday. “This confirmed case of Marburg virus marks the second outbreak of Marburg virus in our country,” she said.
This case is located in the Kagera region (northwest), on the border with Uganda and Rwanda.
This region was already the scene of a first outbreak in Marburg in March 2023, which lasted almost two months and resulted in 9 recorded cases including 6 deaths, according to the WHO.
“We have shown in the past our ability to contain a similar outbreak and are determined to do the same this time,” the president also said.
-This case comes a few weeks after the WHO declared on December 20 the end of an epidemic of Marburg fever in neighboring Rwanda, which lasted three months and left 15 dead, mainly affecting health professionals.
Marburg causes a highly infectious hemorrhagic fever. It is transmitted by certain bats and belongs to the same family as the Ebola virus. Its mortality rate rises to almost 90%.
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