The cause is said to be due to the ongoing conflict between government forces and the M23 rebel group, which has seen ...

Outbreaks of Marburg disease have since been recorded in South Africa, Kenya, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Uganda and Tanzania, with individual cases confirmed in the Netherlands ...

A health team organized by the World Health Organization (WHO) has been sent to the Democratic Republic of the Congo ... The first-ever outbreak of Marburg virus disease in Rwanda. 29 September 2024.

So far, more than 900 African people, mainly children, have died of mpox this year, with the Democratic Republic of Congo being the current epicenter of the outbreak.

Earlier this year, a Marburg virus outbreak in Rwanda resulted in at least 66 infections and 15 deaths, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

As of Sept. 30, 2024, the country of Rwanda — which is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo — has reported 27 cases of the virus and nine subsequent ...

Marburg is a virus from the same family as Ebola. It causes a haemorrhagic fever and has an average fatality rate of 50%, according to the WHO, although rates have been as high as 88% in previous ...

Kagera, a major transit hub, sees frequent movement of people to and from neighboring countries such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Burundi, and Rwanda.

More than 200 people died in an outbreak in Angola from 2004 to 2005 and more than 100 died of the disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo from 1998 to 2000, according to the C.D.C.

Spencer, who has also worked in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, said should the virus spread into those countries, control of this outbreak would become considerably more ...

Outbreaks of Marburg disease have since been recorded in South Africa, Kenya, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Uganda and Tanzania, with individual cases confirmed in the Netherlands ...