Marburg virus outbreak kills six in Rwanda
Six people have died from an outbreak of Marburg virus in Rwanda The country’s health minister, Sabin Nsanzimana said most of the victims were healthcare workers in a hospital intensive care unit in the capital, Kigali. Marburg, with a fatality rate of up to 88%, is from the same virus family as Ebola, and is […]
NCDC issues warning about the increase of yellow fever
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has issued a warning about the increasing number of yellow fever cases in the country, coinciding with the ongoing cholera outbreak that has affected nearly all states. Its Director-General, Dr Jide Idris, who issued the warning at a press conference yesterday, said that since June, the […]
