Ebola-Like Virus Kills 8 in Rwanda Just Days After Outbreak Declared

Newsweek

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During a press conference in Kigali on Sunday evening, Health Minister Sabin Nsanzimana did not rule out the possibility of more cases.
XinhuaNet
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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, and it has a fatality rate of 88 per cent.
CTV News
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One of the most deadly and untreatable pathogens in the world is on the rise in Rwanda, with eight dead and scores more thought to be at risk.
Daily Mail
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Authorities are now racing to trace more than 300 people who may have been in contact with cases so that they can potentially be isolated to halt the spread of the virus.
The Telegraph

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