Government to prioritise those ‘most at risk’ and ‘most exposed healthcare workers’ following the deaths of 12 people.
Rwanda begins a vaccination drive against the Marburg virus after 12 deaths and 46 cases were reported. The vaccination is initially targeting healthcare workers and close contacts of confirmed cases.
Rwanda begins a vaccine study to combat the Marburg virus after an outbreak that has resulted in 12 deaths. With 700 trial doses from Sabin Vaccine Institute, the focus is on healthcare workers and ...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwandan health authorities will begin a vaccine study against the Marburg hemorrhagic fever, officials ...
Rwanda said on Sunday it had begun administering vaccine doses against the Marburg virus to try to combat an outbreak of the Ebola-like disease in the east African country, where it has so far killed ...
Marburg has caused small, episodic outbreaks since first being identified, most recently last year in Tanzania and Ghana. It ...
There are currently no licensed vaccines or drugs to prevent or treat Marburg, but experimental versions are heading to ...
The East African country continues to investigate the source of the outbreak, first traced among patients in health ...
Health authorities say Marburg hemorrhagic fever has killed 11 people in Rwanda. The East African country is searching for ...
Rwanda’s first recorded infections of the Marburg virus, an Ebola-like hemorrhagic fever, is another sign that outbreaks of ...
Rwanda will start cinical trials of experimental vaccines and treatments for Marburg disease in the next few weeks, its health minister said on Thursday, to fight the country's first outbreak of the ...