Deadly Marburg virus outbreaks reported in East and West Africa
3/23/23
from The Washington Post,
3/23/23:
Outbreaks of the highly infectious and deadly hemorrhagic Marburg virus have killed a total of 12 people in Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania, health authorities said, testing the readiness of health ministries battle-hardened by exposure to the coronavirus and Ebola.
It’s the first time the disease has been detected in both countries, which are on opposite sides of the African continent.
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