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 […]
New Covid variant XEC spreads across multiple countries
People have started catching a new Covid variant that could soon take off and become the dominant type, according to scientists. Identified in Germany, in June, cases of the XEC variant which has some new mutations that might help it spread, have since emerged in the UK, US, Denmark and several other countries. Although typical […]
