Marburg virus outbreak kills six in Rwanda
Six people have died from an outbreak of Marburg virus in Rwanda, the health minister has announced. Sabin Nsanzimana said most of the victims were healthcare workers in a hospital intensive care unit. Twenty cases have been identified since the outbreak was confirmed on Friday.
Rwanda is dealing with its first outbreak of deadly Marburg virus disease
For the first time in Rwanda’s history, its health ministry is dealing with an outbreak of Marburg virus disease, a rare but deadly hemorrhagic disease similar to Ebola – but unlike Ebola, there is no treatment or vaccines for Marburg,
Rwanda will this year host a gorilla-naming ceremony for 22 baby apes. There are now 1 063 gorillas across the DRC, Uganda, ...
Handwashing facilities have been activated and new ones set up at the entrances of main buildings, markets, shops, restaurants in Kigali to contain the spread of Marburg virus outbreak, which was ...
Rwanda has banned hospital visits and has curtailed funerals as it tries to halt a deadly Ebola-like haemorrhagic fever that ...
A former Rwandan doctor is on trial in France for his alleged role in the genocide of ethnic Tutsi people in Rwanda during ...
A leading rights group says Rwanda’s army and a militia it backs shelled camps for displaced people in eastern Congo.
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