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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Samuel Lovett

Marburg virus: Ghana confirms two cases of highly infectious disease

CDC/Dr Erskine Palmer, Russell Regnery, PhD

Ghana has confirmed two cases of the Marburg virus, a highly infectious disease similar to Ebola, the country’s health service said on Sunday.

The two people tested positive for the virus, before later dying, but the results have now been verified by a laboratory in Senegal, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).

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