Rwanda don start Marburg vaccinations to curb deadly outbreak

October 7, 2024

Rwanda don begin give vaccine doses against Marburg virus to fight the outbreak of the Ebola-like disease for the country, wey don kill 12 people so far. Health Minister, Sabin Nsanzimana, talk for news conference yesterday for Kigali, say the vaccination go focus on people wey dey β€œmost at risk,” especially healthcare workers wey dey work for treatment centers, hospitals, ICU, and emergency departments, as well as close contacts of confirmed cases.

The country don already receive vaccine shipments, including from the Sabin Vaccine Institute. Rwanda detect their first outbreak of this viral hemorrhagic fever for late September, and since then, 46 cases and 12 deaths don dey reported. Marburg virus fit kill as high as 88% of people wey catch am.

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