Rwanda's outbreak of the Marburg virus was declared over this week by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Rwandan government. The announcement by WHO comes after weeks without any new reported ...

Rwanda has declared an end to the country's Marburg virus outbreak following the recovery of the last patient 42 days ago, Health Minister Sabin Nsanzimana told a news conference on Friday. The East ...

An outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) in Rwanda has officially been declared over by the Government of Rwanda, with no new cases recorded since the last patient tested negative on 7 November 2024 ...

KIGALI, Rwanda — The World Health Organization ... Kigali. Like Ebola, the Marburg virus is believed to originate in fruit bats and spreads between people through close contact with the bodily ...

It is fair to say that the year 2024 was a 'dramatic' one, in which two major life-threatening epidemics were recorded but safely controlled and key achievements were registered in Rwanda's efforts to ...

Today, December 20, marks the official end of the Marburg Virus Disease outbreak in Rwanda. It has been 42 days – two full incubation periods – since the last confirmed case left the national ...

KIGALI, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Rwanda has declared an end to the country's Marburg virus outbreak following the recovery of the last patient 42 days ago, Health Minister Sabin Nsanzimana told a news ...

The Marburg virus is a pathogen that falls under the Filoviridae family, alongside the Ebola virus, one of the most lethal diseases affecting humans .

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus address a press conference on the Marburg virus outbreak, in Kigali KIGALI (Reuters) - Rwanda has declared an end to the country's Marburg virus ...

Dec. 20 (UPI) --The World Health Organization declared on Friday that the outbreak of the Marburg Virus Disease in Rwanda is over. The WHO made the declaration as 42 days had passed since the last ...