Marburg virus kills 6 in Rwanda, health minister says

KIGALI, Rwanda — 

Rwanda has confirmed six deaths and 20 cases of Marburg disease, the country's wellness curate Sabin Nsanzimana said precocious connected Saturday.

The bulk of victims are wellness workers successful the intensive attraction unit, Nsanzimana said successful a video connection posted connected X.

"We are counting 20 radical who are infected, and six who person already passed distant owed to this virus. The ample bulk of cases and deaths are among healthcare workers, chiefly successful the intensive attraction unit," the wellness curate said.

Marburg disease, a viral hemorrhagic fever, tin origin decease among immoderate patients, with symptoms including terrible headache, vomiting, musculus aches and tummy aches, the ministry has said.

Institutions and partners are moving to hint those who person been successful interaction with the virus-affected individuals, the curate added.

With a fatality complaint of arsenic precocious arsenic 88%, Marburg is from the aforesaid microorganism household arsenic the 1 liable for Ebola and is transmitted to radical from effect bats. It past spreads done interaction with bodily fluids of infected people.

Neighboring Tanzania had cases of Marburg successful 2023, portion Uganda had akin ones successful 2017.