Marburg virus in Rwanda: Six killed

Most of the victims are healthcare workers in the intensive care unit, the health minister says.

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Sabin Nsanzimana said most of the victims were healthcare workers in a hospital intensive care unit.

Twenty cases have been identified since the outbreak was confirmed on Friday.

Marburg, with a fatality rate of up to 88%, is from the same virus family as Ebola. It spreads to humans from fruit bats and then through contact with bodily fluids of infected individuals.

Symptoms include fever, muscle pains, diarrhoea, vomiting and, in some cases, death through extreme blood loss.

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