Category: Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
Cameroon detects two suspected cases of Marburg virus near Eq. Guinea
(Reuters) – Cameroonian authorities detected two suspected cases of Marburg disease on Monday in Olamze, a commune on the border with Equatorial Guinea, the public health delegate for the region, Robert Mathurin Bidjang, said on Tuesday. Equatorial Guinea officially declared its first outbreak of the Marburg virus, an illness similar to Ebola, on Monday. Neighbouring Cameroon had restricted movement along the […]
Feb 14, 2023
EQ Ministry of Health (Machine translated to English) Today, the Minister of Health and Social Welfare, accompanied by the presidential advisers on health, and WHO consultants based in the country, held an important meeting with the departments linked to the inter-ministerial management of the current epidemic of Marburg virus hemorrhagic fever. The Minister of State […]
Feb 14, 2023
What to know about the deadly Marburg virus as new outbreak emerges
(Washington Post) The deadly Marburg virus has surfaced this week for the first time in Equatorial Guinea, causing at least nine deaths in the west African nation, according to the World Health Organization. A handful of Marburg cases were identified in Ghana late last year. Although it remains “a very rare disease in people,” according to the Centers for Disease Control […]
Feb 14, 2023
UPDATE STATEMENT SANITARY ALERT OF THE DAYFEBRUARY 8, 2023(Machine translated) The Government of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, through the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, issues the following update on the situation of the health alert of last February 8, communicated as a result of the unusual epidemiological situation detected in the districts of […]
Feb 13, 2023
(WHO) The WHO R&D Blueprint is organizing an urgent meeting with the MARVAC partners to discuss vaccine and therapeutic candidates. We will convene an urgent meeting to outline proposed research priorities towards the newly identified Marburg outbreak in Equatorial Guinea. Agenda 1- Outbreak sit rep including diagnostics and epi info2- Review of core trial protocol (Ira Longini)3- Review […]
Feb 13, 2023
New Marburg Virus Outbreak Confirmed In Equatorial Guinea
(Forbes) Equatorial Guinea has just confirmed its first outbreak of Marburg virus, one of the families of hemorrhagic fevers related to Ebola. As with last year’s outbreak in Ghana, patient specimens had to be sent to the Institut Pasteur in Senegal for confirmation, as it requires specialized testing. One of eight samples has been confirmed […]
Feb 13, 2023
Equatorial Guinea declares outbreak of Ebola-like Marburg virus
(BNO News) An illness which has killed at least nine people in Equatorial Guinea has been identified as Marburg, a highly infectious and deadly Ebola-like virus for which there’s no vaccine, officials announced Monday. The outbreak was first detected last Tuesday, affecting people who went to a funeral ceremony in Kie-Ntem province, which borders Cameroon […]
Feb 13, 2023
Equatorial Guinea confirms first-ever Marburg virus disease outbreak
(WHO) Brazzaville/Malabo – Equatorial Guinea today confirmed its first-ever outbreak of Marburg virus disease. Preliminary tests carried out following the deaths of at least nine people in the country’s western Kie Ntem Province turned out positive for the viral haemorrhagic fever. Equatorial Guinean health authorities sent samples to the Institut Pasteur reference laboratory in Senegal with […]
Feb 13, 2023
Gabon, Cameroon step up health measures following EG deaths
(Africa Times) n Equatorial Guinea, there’s not yet a confirmed diagnosis of the suspected hemorrhagic fever illness that has claimed up to 20 lives and forced a lockdown in the Nsok Nsomo and Kie Ntem districts near the border with Gabon and Cameroon. Health officials on Sunday were still waiting for laboratory test results on […]
Feb 13, 2023
Unidentified illness kills at least 8 people in Equatorial Guinea
(BNO News) Equatorial Guinea is investigating an outbreak of an unidentified illness causing hemorrhagic fever which has killed at least eight people, local officials say. Two affected villages have been put on lockdown. The health ministry in the central African country said the outbreak was first detected on Tuesday, affecting people who attended a funeral […]
Feb 10, 2023