In July 2024, Rwanda faced a Marburg virus outbreak among health workers in the capital Kigali, challenging the nation's health system and testing its pandemic response capabilities.

“I saw a message from our team telling me Marburg had broken out in Kigali,” Nsanzimana recalls in an internal communication on how Rwanda managed the Marburg virus. “I couldn’t believe it was true.

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According to the latest information from the Ministry of Health in Rwanda provided on Oct. 7, there are 56 reported cases of the Marburg virus. So far, 12 deaths have been reported.

Rwanda's outbreak of the Marburg virus was declared over this week by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Rwandan government. The announcement by WHO comes after weeks without any new ...

KIGALI - Rwanda has declared an end to the country's Marburg virus outbreak following the recovery of the last patient 42 days ago, Health Minister Sabin Nsanzimana told a news conference on Friday.

The Marburg outbreak in Rwanda is officially over, health authorities said, putting an end to the Central African country’s first bout with the highly lethal Ebola-like virus.

Rwanda has begun the process to officially declare its Marburg outbreak over after it discharged the last remaining recovered patient. The country has recorded more than 60 cases, ...

Response teams working to control the outbreak, supported by WHO, conducted over 7,408 Marburg virus tests, with approximately 100-350 samples being tested daily at the Rwanda Biomedical Center.