RWANDA: “Currently, there is no available treatment or vaccine for Marburg virus disease outbreak,” WHO said.
It reports that the risk of this outbreak is very high at the national level, high at the regional level, and low at the global level.
Truth Live News learned that Rwandan health authorities are intensifying outbreak control efforts following the detection of Marburg virus disease.
“Cases of the virus have been reported in seven of the country’s 30 districts,” said WHO.
“Marburg virus disease is highly virulent and causes haemorrhagic fever, with a fatality ratio of up to 88%.”
“It is in the same family as the virus that causes Ebola virus disease.”
Meanwhile , BBC said that the Illness caused by Marburg virus begins abruptly, with high fever, severe headache and severe malaise.
Also, that many patients develop severe haemorrhagic within seven days.
The virus is transmitted to people from fruit bats and spreads among humans through direct contact with the bodily fluids of infected people, surfaces and materials.