CDC communicates with health authorities amid Marburg virus outbreak in Rwanda

30 Sep 2024, 16:26 by Simon Druker · UPI

Sept. 30 (UPI) -- The U.S.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday said it was in conversation with Rwandan health officials amid an outbreak of Marburg virus.

The central African country is dealing with 26 known cases of the deadly hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola, of which six have so far become fatal, the CDC said in a statement.