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Rwanda's Marburg fever deaths rise to 11 as its source is being investigated

Oct. 03, 2024 13:33 PM EDT

KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Marburg hemorrhagic fever has killed 11 people in Rwanda, health authorities said Thursday, as the East African country searches for the source of an outbreak first traced among patients in health facilities. There are 36 confirmed cases of the disease that...

Rwanda reports 8 deaths linked to Ebola-like Marburg virus days after it declared an outbreak

Sep. 30, 2024 07:16 AM EDT

Kigali, RWANDA (AP) — Rwanda says eight people have died so far from the Ebola-like and highly contagious Marburg virus, just days after the country declared an outbreak of the deadly hemorrhagic fever that has no authorized vaccine or treatment. Like Ebola, the Marburg virus...