Rwanda Counts Down To Official End Of Marburg Outbreak
Rwanda has begun the process to officially declare its Marburg outbreak over after it discharged the last remaining recovered patient. The country has recorded more than 60 cases, including 15 deaths, the World Health Organization said in a statement. With dozens of people having recovered, the fatality rate now stands at 23%.Â
The country has reported no new confirmed cases since October 30, 2024, and no new deaths since October 14, said WHO. "The 42-day countdown period is twice the maximum incubation period for Marburg virus infections, since the last potential exposure to the last reported case," their statement said.
The outbreak - the first the country has experienced - began on September 27, 2024.
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Rwanda:
Rwanda Begins Countdown To End of Marburg Outbreak
WHO, 13 November 2024
On 9 November 2024, the recommended 42-day countdown to declare the end of the Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak in Rwanda commenced, the day after the last confirmed patient… Read more »
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East Africa:
Rwanda Discharges Last Marburg Patient
Nile Post, 11 November 2024
Rwanda has discharged its final patient from the Marburg virus treatment unit, marking a critical milestone in the country's fight against the deadly virus. Read more »
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Rwanda:
Marburg Virus 'Under Control' As All Patients Recovered
New Times, 8 November 2024
The Ministry of Health has announced that two patients who had been receiving treatment for the Marburg Virus Disease recovered on Friday, November 8, bringing the total recoveries… Read more »
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Rwanda:
Marburg Outbreak in Rwanda Contained, Nsanzimana Tells Diplomats
New Times, 2 November 2024
The Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak in Rwanda has been contained, with no death in the last three weeks, while the two remaining patients are receiving care and stable, the… Read more »
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Rwanda:
Uganda Health Minister Tours Rwanda's Marburg Facilities
New Times, 1 November 2024
Margaret Muhanga Mugisa, Uganda's Minister of State for Health in Charge of Primary Health Care, on October 31 visited the Marburg National Command Post, where she met with teams… Read more »
WHO Regional Director for Africa Dr Matshidiso Moeti visit Marburg outbreak response sites in Kigali on Wednesday,
InFocus
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The Rwanda Minister of State responsible for Health, Dr. Yvan Butera, has cautioned that while the country is beginning to see positive signals in its fight against the Marburg virus, the outbreak is "not yet over". He, however, expressed hope that "we are headed in that direction". Meanwhile the Africa Centers for Disease Control has said that mpox - the other infectious disease outbreak that countries in the region are fighting - was still on an upward trend,
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Sabin Nsanzimana, the health minister, has revealed that the Marburg virus disease case in the current outbreak was in a 27-year-old man exposed to fruit bats in a cave where mining was taking place.
He sought treatment at Kigali's King Faisal Hospital, where he was first diagnosed and treated for malaria and was then diagnosed with Marburg after the infection had spread to his close contacts and several
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Rwanda has not reported any new infections or deaths from the Marburg virus for about a week, raising hope that the outbreak could be over soon.
Health Minister Sabin Nsanzimana had earlier revealed that the country is experiencing a significant decline in the rate of new infections since the outbreak in September, saying it is a "very encouraging trend".
The minister said those affected by
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