Last Saturday (15 November 2025), the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a statement confirming that Ethiopia has an outbreak of the Marburg Virus, with at least nine people dead in the southern part of the country.
This confirmation came afterWorld Health Organization (World Health Organization)WHO) said Ethiopian authorities were investigating patients with suspected Marburg virus symptoms. which originates from fruit bats in Egypt. It is a virus in the family Filoviridae and is in the same family as Ebola (Ebola) but is more virulent.
Such viruses canContact through contact with the secretions of an infected person. and surfaces contaminated with viruses, whichThe incubation period is 21 days. When infected, symptoms include bleeding, rash, high fever, vomiting and diarrhea. It was found that the death rate was as high as 80 percent. There is currently no vaccine for Marburg virus. Only palliative treatment can be done according to the symptoms.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), praised the Ethiopian Ministry of Health and other agencies. related which can deal with epidemics quickly and transparently It also said WHO stands ready to fully support Ethiopia’s response to the pandemic. Currently sending experts, medicines and other equipment. necessary items have already been sent to the southern region of Ethiopia.
According to the report, WHO said it would work with Ethiopia to ensure it can reduce the risk of spreading the virus to other parts of the country. of East Africa This is especially true in the South Sudan area.
Jean Kaseya The CDC director expressed concern for the South Sudan area, stating, “South Sudan is not too far from Ethiopia’s endemic area. However, South Sudan is an area with a fragile health system.”
This was at the beginning of last year. The Marburg virus has killed at least 10 people in Tanzania, and in 2015 it also killed at least 15 people in Rwanda.
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– Ethiopia confirms outbreak of deadly Marburg virus
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