“We expect other cases in the coming days as surveillance of the disease improves,” warned the director general of the body on Tuesday.
Published on 15/01/2025 00:02
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The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Tuesday January 14 that a suspected outbreak of the Marburg virus in Tanzania had killed eight people. “We are aware of nine cases so far, including eight deaths. We expect more cases in the coming days as disease surveillance improves”WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on X.
An epidemic of the Marburg virus ended in Rwanda last November, the Rwandan Minister of Health announced. “The Marburg epidemic in Rwanda is over”welcomed Sabin Nsanzimana, who spoke during an online briefing by the African Union health agency, the Africa CDC.
With a high mortality rate, the Marburg virus, which causes high fever often accompanied by hemorrhages affecting several organs, is part of the filovirus family to which the Ebola virus also belongs.
