{"id":108387,"date":"2024-09-29T15:55:46","date_gmt":"2024-09-29T08:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=108387"},"modified":"2024-09-29T15:55:46","modified_gmt":"2024-09-29T08:55:46","slug":"marburg-virus-in-rwanda-six-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=108387","title":{"rendered":"Marburg virus in Rwanda: Six killed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Six people have died from an outbreak of Marburg virus in Rwanda, the health minister has announced.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Sabin Nsanzimana said most of the victims were healthcare workers in the intensive care unit. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Twenty cases have been identified since the outbreak was confirmed on Friday.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Marburg, with a fatality rate of up to 88%, is from the same virus family as Ebola. It spreads to humans from fruit bats and then through contact with bodily fluids of infected individuals.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Symptoms include fever, muscle pains, diarrhoea, vomiting and, in some cases, death through extreme blood loss.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">There are no specific treatments or a vaccine for the virus but a range of blood products, drug and immune therapies are being developed, according to the World Health Organization.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Rwanda says it is intensifying contact tracing, surveillance and testing to help contain the spread.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Authorities are urging the public to stay vigilant, wash their hands with clean water and soap or sanitiser and report all suspected cases.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Neighbouring Tanzania reported an outbreak in 2023, while three people died in Uganda in 2017.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c8el1ky2nd6o\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Six people have died from an outbreak of Marburg virus in Rwanda, the health minister has announced. 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