Marburg Virus: Infected Child Dies in Ghana

A World Health Organization, WHO, an official announced that a youngster who had the highly contagious Marburg virus, which is similar to the Ebola virus, had passed away in Ghana.

Since Ghana reported it’s the first-ever outbreak of the disease last month, there have been three fatalities in the nation as a whole, Reuters reports.

The outbreak is only the second in West Africa. The first ever case of the virus in the region was detected last year in Guinea.

FRCN Abuja/Adetutu Adetule

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