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A medical worker from the Infection Prevention and Control unit. File | Photo Credit: AP Three people confirmed to have contracted the Marburg virus have died, while another three deaths are suspected to be linked to the highly contagious haemorrhagic disease, Ethiopia’s Health Ministry said on Monday (November 17, 2025). The announcement follows Ethiopia’s confirmation…
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Marburg virus can spread between people through direct contact or via blood and other bodily fluids of infected people, including contaminated bedding or clothing. File | Photo Credit: AP “A suspected outbreak of the Marburg virus in northwest Tanzania has infected 9 people, killing 8 of them,” the World Health Organization (WHO) has said, weeks…
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Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: AP The United States government completed an initial shipment of vaccine doses and therapeutic drugs for Marburg disease to Rwanda on Oct. 4, Thierry Roels, U.S. CDC Country Director in Rwanda told Reuters on Saturday (October 5, 2024). The U.S. government is also working closely with…
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In this Oct. 8, 2014 photo, a medical worker from the Infection Prevention and Control unit wearing full protective equipment carries a meal to an isolation tent housing a man being quarantined after coming into contact in Uganda with a carrier of the Marburg Virus, at the Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya. | Photo…
The cave turned out to be home to some of the deadliest viruses in human history. The world’s deadliest cave Kitum, located in Mount Elgon National Park in Kenya, could cause the next pandemic, as per a report in Science Times. The cave turned out to be home to some of the deadliest viruses in…
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