2023-06-09 05:46:00 The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday (June 8) declared the end of the Marburg virus epidemic in Equatorial Guinea which has left 12 confirmed dead and 23 probably due to the disease, four months after the first cases in this small country in central Africa. >> Marburg virus in Equatorial Guinea: 20 … Read more
The deadly Marburg virus is spreading in Kagera, in northwestern Tanzania. The mortality rate for patients infected with the virus is up to 88 percent. Tanzanian authorities announced on Tuesday that cases of the rare but deadly Marburg virus had been detected in the Kagera region in the country’s northeast. The spread of the virus … Read more
Whether Ebola or Marburg virus: If people in Germany are infected with a highly contagious pathogen, they have to be treated in a specialized clinic, including in Berlin and Hamburg. Such stations are currently coming into focus in view of the latest Marburg outbreaks in Tanzania: So far there is no vaccine against the highly … Read more
The Marburg virus has killed five people in the Kagera region of northwest Tanzania, according to the Tanzanian Ministry of Health. Tanzanian Minister of Health Yami Mwalimu reassured that the health authorities had controlled the disease, expressing confidence that it would not spread on a larger scale. Those infected with the disease are receiving treatment … Read more
Spain has detected its first suspected case of Marburg virus, a deadly infectious disease that has isolated more than 200 people in Equatorial Guinea, authorities in the Spanish province of Valencia said Saturday. The health authorities in the region said that a 34-year-old person who visited Equatorial Guinea recently was transferred from a private hospital … Read more
After the World Health Organization announced an outbreak of the Marburg virus in Africa, and said in a report on Monday that the virus had caused the death of 9 people in Equatorial Guinea, The Egyptian Ministry of Health warned of this disease. She stated that the symptoms of infection with this deadly virus, known … Read more
A cousin of Ebola, the Marburg virus is rampant in Equatorial Guinea, a country first no history of hemorrhagic fever virus. The WHO called an emergency meeting on February 14. Equatorial Guinea confirmed on February 13 the appearance of its first outbreak of Marburg virus disease in the east of the country, in the province … Read more
Cameroon has detected two suspected cases of Marburg’s disease in Olamze, an area close to Equatorial Guinea. Previously, Equatorial Guinea announced its first outbreak of the Marburg virus, an Ebola-like illness, on December 13. According to Archyde.com, neighboring Cameroon has restricted movement along the border to avoid infection. “On February 13, we had two suspected … Read more