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Equatorial Guinea: 10 deaths from the Marburg virus according to a new report

April 4, 2023 Steven Addamah 0

The new provisional toll of the Marburg virus disease epidemic that has been raging for more than two months in Equatorial Guinea stands at 10 […]

Marburg virus kills five people in Tanzania

March 22, 2023 Geraldine Boechat 0

A mysterious disease that killed five people in Tanzania has been identified as coming from the Marburg virus, a cousin of Ebola that also causes […]

Marburg hemorrhagic fever outbreak kills in Equatorial Guinea

February 14, 2023 Steven Addamah 0

Nine people have died of Marburg virus disease, a hemorrhagic fever nearly as deadly as Ebola, in eastern Equatorial Guinea, a small central African country […]

WHO declares end of Ebola outbreak in Uganda

January 12, 2023 Geraldine Boechat 0

The Ebola epidemic in Uganda is over, the World Health Organization (WHO) and Uganda’s Health minister announced Wednesday, less than four months after the announcement […]

Ebola: Ugandan president orders healers to stop their activities

October 14, 2022 Geraldine Boechat 0

President Yoweri Museveni on Wednesday ordered traditional healers to stop treating the sick in a bid to stop the spread of Ebola, which has already […]

Six new Ebola cases in Uganda, says WHO

September 24, 2022 Steven Addamah 0

“So far, seven cases, including one death, have been confirmed to have contracted Ebola from Sudan,” WHO said in a statement, referring to a rare […]

Uganda announces first Ebola death since 2019

September 21, 2022 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Uganda’s Health minister announced Tuesday that there is an Ebola virus “outbreak” in Uganda, resulting in the death of a man in central Uganda, three […]