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Daily Mirror
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Malvika Padin

What is the Marburg virus and is it spreading as 2 patients die from Ebola-like disease

There are rising fears of a mass outbreak of Ebola-like Marburg virus with two deaths and 98 people quarantined in Ghana.

The highly infectious disease, which has previously broken out in several African countries and killed hundreds of people in the past, has been discovered in Ghana for the first time.

The virus, which has a fatality rate of up to 88%, has the potential to spread "far and wide," according to World Health Organisation.

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