THE UN’s health agency on Thursday declared an end to a nearly four-month epidemic of Marburg virus in Equatorial Guinea, saying the disease, a cousin of Ebola, had caused 35 confirmed or suspected deaths.
“The outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease in Equatorial Guinea ended today with no new cases reported over the past 42 days after the last patient was discharged from treatment,” the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement.
The highly virulent microbe causes severe fever, often accompanied by bleeding and organ failure.
It is part of the so-called filovirus family that includes Ebola haemorrhagic fever, which has caused several deadly epidemics in western and central Africa.
The outbreak, declared on February 13, was the first of its kind in Equatorial Guinea, a small coastal state in central-western Africa.
“A total of 17 laboratory-confirmed cases and 12 deaths were recorded. All the 23 probable cases reported died,” the WHO said.
“Four patients recovered from the virus and have been enrolled in a survivors programme to receive psychosocial and other post-recovery support,” it added.
The statement paid tribute to local health workers and support by partner organizations for the “hard work” in tackling the outbreak, much of which entails tracing and isolating people in contact with patients.
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Marbug, a cousin of Ebola was shut down in Equitorial Guinea after 42 days of free reign and field day.
THE HYPOCRISY IN THE ACTIVITIES AND OPERATIONS OF the WHO. THE BODY CHARGED WITH HEALTH AFFAIRS OF THE WORLD.
It is inexplicable that the world still do not know the source of the outbreak of covid19 since 2019 when it rare its ugly head. https://mickykarim.wordpress.com/2023/06/15/gain-of-dysfunction/
The conspiracy woven around the Chinese pandemic would fizzle away at a point for the truth to reveal the real source and cause of the virus that claimed millions of human lives, needlessly.
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