The highly contagious virus is a deadly haemorrhagic fever with no authorised vaccine, fatal in up to 88 per cent of patients.

Rwanda’s Minister of Health, Sabin Nsanzimana, during a broadcast on Rwanda Television, revealed that six people have died and 26 people have been affected due to the Marburg Virus Disease. The country is witnessing an outbreak.

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.