Marburg Virus Kills 9 in Equatorial Guinea’s First Outbreak

An outbreak of Marburg virus has killed nine people and sickened at least sixteen others in Equatorial Guinea’s first outbreak of the deadly virus. Marburg and Ebola are in the same virus family – filovirus, and both cause hemorrhagic fever. The country’s Health Minister Mitoha Ondo’o Ayekaba said a health alert has been declared, and a province and district in the country, Kie-Ntem and Mongomo, are now under quarantine. After a consultation with World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations experts, a lockdown plan has been implemented.

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