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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Io Dodds

What is bleeding eye virus? The disease that’s sparked travel warnings

Health workers in protective suits respond to a previous Marburg virus outbreak in Angola in April 2005 - (Florence Panoussian/AFP via Getty Images)

Public health officials across the world are monitoring the spread of a deadly virus ominously known as "bleeding eye disease". But what exactly is it?

At least 66 people have been infected and 15 people have died from an outbreak of Marburg virus disease (MVD) in Rwanda as of November 29, according to an update from the country's Ministry of Health.

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