Rwanda faced a Marburg virus outbreak among health workers in the capital Kigali, challenging the nation’s health system and testing its pandemic response capabilities.

A technical team from the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovation (CEPI) is in Rwanda as part of the preparations for a study on Marburg virus immunity among recovered patients.Led by Rwanda ...

"Fortunately, the remaining suspected patients tested negative for other illnesses. This confirmed that the Marburg virus case marks the second outbreak of this disease in our country," she said. The ...

There is currently an outbreak of the disease in Tanzania, where eight of the nine known Marburg patients have died and more ...

Patients received early supportive care ... policymakers rather than short-term international teams. But though Marburg virus infection had never previously been diagnosed in Rwanda, the 2024 ...

Instead, Ms Hassan said authorities had “identified one patient (who) has been infected with Marburg virus”. “The cause of the earlier reported deaths in the community has not been confirmed ...

Following a brief respite of a day or two, patients experience stomach and chest pain, followed by vomiting, diarrhoea, and dizziness. Ultimately, the disease progresses to bleeding from bodily ...

Marburg virus outbreaks have a fatality rate of between 24% and 88%. The worst recorded outbreak was in Angola in 2004-2005, where the above picture was taken. (Image Credits: Reuters) Marburg ...

Marburg virus is a highly infectious haemorrhagic ... Illness begins abruptly and many patients develop severe haemorrhagic signs within seven days. There are no approved vaccines or antiviral ...

A deadly virus which leaves patients with bleeding eyes has swept parts of a country following an outbreak. Tanzania president Samia Suluhu Hassan declared an outbreak after one case of Marburg ...