Rwandan health authorities are working to control an outbreak of Marburg virus, a hemorrhagic disease in the same family as Ebola, that is spreading across the country.
As of Oct. 1, Rwanda’s Ministry of Health reported 36 confirmed cases and 11 deaths due to the virus, which spreads between people through close contact as well as contact with surfaces that have been contaminated with bodily fluids. It is not an airborne virus like COVID-19, but it has a far higher death rate: as high as 88% with no vaccine or treatment.
