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Ryan Fahey

Child dies of Marburg virus in Ebola-like disease outbreak with symptoms shared

A child who contracted the highly infectious Ebola -like Marburg virus in Ghana has died, a World Health Organization (WHO) official has confirmed.

The death brings the total number of fatalities in the country to three since Ghana registered its first ever outbreak of the disease last month.

The outbreak is only the second in West Africa. The first ever case of the virus in the region was detected last year in Guinea.

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