2024-10-05 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
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Deadly Marburg virus outbreak in Rwanda has health officials on high alert
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[FoxNews] There are currently no treatments or vaccines for the highly fatal Ebola-like virus
Amid reports of a deadly viral outbreak in Central Africa, researchers are reportedly scrambling to develop treatments and vaccines to combat the Marburg virus.
As of Sept. 30, 2024, the country of Rwanda — which is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo — has reported 27 cases of the virus and nine subsequent deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Most of the cases have affected health care workers at two health facilities in the city of Kigali, the same source stated.
The patients are being cared for in hospitals, as noted by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Sept. 29.
"Contact tracing is underway, with 300 contacts under follow-up," WHO stated.
This is the first time the Marburg virus has been reported in Rwanda.
WHAT IS THE MARBURG VIRUS?
Similar to Ebola, Marburg is a "rare but severe hemorrhagic fever" that can cause "serious illness and death," with a 20% to 90% fatality rate.
There have not been any confirmed cases in the United States, and the CDC says the risk of infection in the country is low.
"It is highly fatal in humans and there is no treatment — and unlike Ebola, there is no vaccine," Dr. Marc Siegel, senior medical analyst for Fox News and clinical professor of medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center, told Fox News Digital.
"It is very similar to Ebola in that it causes hemorrhagic fever," he added.
Marburg is "difficult to catch," Siegel noted, as it requires close contact with bodily secretions.
Wasn't a big Ebola issue with the ritual washing of the bodies before burial? Same here?
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