Child infected with Marburg virus dies in Ghana

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GENEVA, Aug 2 — A child who contracted the highly infectious Ebola-like Marburg virus in Ghana has died, a World Health Organisation official said today. The death brings the...

GENEVA, Aug 2 — A child who contracted the highly infectious Ebola-like Marburg virus in Ghana has died, a World Health Organisation official said today.

The outbreak is only the second in West Africa. The first ever case of the virus in the region was detected last year in Guinea. The dead child, whose gender or age were not disclosed, was one of two new cases reported last week by WHO.

 

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