The Ministry of Health in Equatorial Guinea has confirmed that the death toll from the “Marburg” virus, which has been spreading for two months, has risen to ten, according to “AFP”.
And the Ministry of Health indicated, in a statement on social media, that “until Sunday, no cases had been recorded during the last 48 hours, 14 cases had accumulated, and ten people had been admitted to hospital, two confirmed cases and eight suspected cases.”
One new death was recorded, bringing to ten the total number of deaths in Equatorial Guinea from this deadly Ebola-like hemorrhagic fever.
The ministry indicated that it is “following up a total of 604 people who were in contact with people infected with the virus, following the number of these people was 825 on March 30.”
Last week, the World Health Organization called on Equatorial Guinea to inform it of the number of infections with the “Marburg” virus, fearing that it would spread to a wider range than that reported until now. And she expressed concern regarding “a possible recording of a large-scale epidemic that may affect Gabon and Cameroon.”