The Rwanda Government has confirmed cases of Marburg cirus disease.
In a statement on Friday, the country’s health ministry said the cases were confirmed in a “few patients” in health facilities.
Marburg virus is a highly infectious haemorrhagic fever in the same family as Ebola. It is spread to humans by fruit bats and transmitted through direct contact with bodily fluids of infected people and surfaces.
Illness begins abruptly and many…
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