WHO says Equatorial Guinea confirms 1st outbreak of Marburg

WHO increasing health surveillance after Equatorial Guinea finds Marburg virus

GENEVA— The World Health Organization is increasing its epidemiological surveillance in Equatorial Guinea after the country confirmed its first outbreak

Equatorial Guinea confirms 1st outbreak of Marburg: WHO

The World Health Organization said that Equatorial Guinea has confirmed its first-ever outbreak of Marburg disease, saying the Ebola-related virus is responsible for at least nine deaths in the tiny Western African country.

What is Marburg Virus? Outbreak In Equatorial Guinea Claims 9 Lives

It's the country's first ever Marburg virus outbreak.

WHO deploys experts to Equatorial Guinea to combat Marburg outbreak

Equitorial Guinea has so far reported nine deaths as well as 16 suspected cases of the Marburg virus disease.

Incurable Marburg virus breaks out in Equatorial Guinea for the first time

An outbreak of an incurable, killer disease has left health authorities on edge after nine people died suddenly in Equatorial Guinea in Africa.An "emergency response" has now been activated across the country, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said, amid concerns hundreds more people may have been infected with the deadly Marburg virus, which has a mortality rate of 88 per cent.So far, all known cases have been detected in the Kie-Ntem provinc…

Marburg virus in Equatorial Guinea leaves nine dead

The World Health Organization (WHO) indicated that Equatorial Guinea confirmed its first outbreak of the Marburg virus disease on February 13. In a statement, he specified that the preliminary tests carried out after the death of at least nine people in the province of Kie Ntem, in the west of the country, were positive for viral hemorrhagic fever. The health authorities of Equatorial Guinea sent samples to the reference laboratory of the Instit…