Six people have died from an outbreak of Marburg virus in Rwanda, the health minister has announced. Sabin Nsanzimana said ...

The Ministry of Health has reported that the death toll from the Marburg virus has increased to nine on Monday, September 30, up from eight fatalities reported on Sunday.

Rwanda says eight people have died so far from the Ebola-like and highly contagious Marburg virus, just days after the ...

Rwanda says at least eight people have died so far from the highly contagious, Ebola-like Marburg virus, just days after the ...

The deadly Marburg virus is believed to originate in fruit bats and spreads between people through close contact.

KIGALI (Reuters) - Rwanda has confirmed six deaths and 20 cases of Marburg disease since the beginning of the epidemic, the country's health minister Sabin Nsanzimana said late on Saturday.

KIGALI (Reuters) - Rwanda has confirmed six deaths and 20 cases of Marburg disease since the beginning of the epidemic, the country's health minister Sabin Nsanzimana said late on Saturday. The ...

Speaking Saturday evening during a broadcast on Rwanda Television, Rwanda's Minister of Health Sabin Nsanzimana revealed that the victims and most of the infected are healthcare workers.

Some 20 patients were being treated for the illness, Health Minister Sabin Nsanzimana told local media. "Those infected and the deceased were mainly health workers," he said, adding that efforts ...