Rwandan health authorities are struggling to contain the outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus, which has claimed the lives of about a dozen people. Health Minister Sabin Nsanzimana said those infected are mostly healthcare workers who are usually the first responders.
A member of the World Health Organisation takes an oral sample from a patient suspected of having Marburg haemorrhagic fever .
Contact tracing for hundreds of people is occurring to prevent further spread of the disease in Rwanda and the wider region, Nsanzimana said. Speaking during an online briefing on Thursday, he said that the country is grappling with the viral hemorrhagic fever at the same time as dealing with mpox. More than 30 people are confirmed to have contracted the virus so far in the country, with 11 deaths. There is currently no approved vaccine for Marburg which belongs to the same family of viruses as Ebola. It spreads through contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person or an animal carrying the virus. Minister Zsanzimana said the disease presents the same early symptoms as other tropical diseases, such as malaria, except that it is more deadly - with a mortality rate as high as 80%.
During Thursday's briefing, the head of the Africa CDC, Dr. Jean Kaseya, dispelled the rumor that a travel ban was issued for the country, although he said they are monitoring the situation.
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