{"id":76633,"date":"2024-10-03T22:00:10","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T22:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/203d260428deaeec81bc97984d3fb117"},"modified":"2024-10-03T22:00:10","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T22:00:10","slug":"deadly-marburg-virus-outbreak-in-rwanda-has-health-officials-on-high-alert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/deadly-marburg-virus-outbreak-in-rwanda-has-health-officials-on-high-alert\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadly Marburg virus outbreak in Rwanda has health officials on high alert"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Amid reports of a deadly viral outbreak in Central Africa, researchers are reportedly scrambling to develop treatments and vaccines to combat the Marburg virus<\/span>.<\/p>\n As of Sept. 30, 2024, the country of Rwanda \u2014 which is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo \u2014 has reported 27 cases of the virus and nine subsequent deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).<\/p>\n Most of the cases have affected health care workers at two health facilities<\/span> in the city of Kigali, the same source stated.<\/p>\n CDC WARNS US PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS OF EBOLA-LIKE DISEASE<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n The patients are being cared for in hospitals, as noted by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Sept. 29. <\/p>\n