Africa CDC confirms Marburg virus death, threatening complications to Ebola outbreak
- Ugandan health authorities have confirmed an isolated case of the highly infectious Marburg virus disease, detected during ongoing surveillance efforts for the country's Ebola outbreak.
- The announcement came from Africa's leading public health body, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), on Wednesday.
- The confirmed case involved a one-and-a-half-year-old child in the Kyegegwa district, located in western Uganda, who tragically died.
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- Ugandan health authorities have confirmed an isolated case of the highly infectious Marburg virus disease, detected during ongoing surveillance efforts for the country's Ebola outbreak.
- The announcement came from Africa's leading public health body, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), on Wednesday.
- The confirmed case involved a one-and-a-half-year-old child in the Kyegegwa district, located in western Uganda, who tragically died.
Sources: The Independent