Rwanda says that eight people have died so far from the highly contagious Marburg virus.
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Like Ebola, the Marburg virus originates in fruit bats and spreads between people through close contact with the bodily fluids of infected individuals or with surfaces, such as contaminated bed sheets. Without treatment, Marburg can be fatal in up to 88% of people who fall ill with the disease.Rwanda, a landlocked country in central Africa, declared an outbreak on Friday and a day later the first six deaths were reported.
The public has been urged to avoid physical contact to help curb the spread. Some 300 people who came into contact with those confirmed to have the virus have also been identified, and an unspecified number of them have been put in isolation facilities.“Marburg is a rare disease," Nsanzimana told journalists. “We are intensifying contact tracing and testing to help stop the spread.”
Symptoms include fever, muscle pains, diarrhea, vomiting and, in some cases, death through extreme blood loss.
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