World Health Organization (WHO), confirm lethal outbreak- marburg, being one of the most lethal and contagious we find worldwide.
This Tuesday (14), WHO called an emergency meeting to address the matter.
Located in marburg at Equatorial Guinea, country in Central Africa.
already provoking the death of nine people and forcing the African country to declare a state of health alert.
Yet 16 cases suspects have been reported, and of them 14 are asymptomatic, and two of them have mild symptoms.
Being from the same family as the Ebola virus, originally in the same region and the average mortality is 50%.
However, it can reach up to 88% of cases, depending on the variant and also on the health care received by the patient.
The virus
We are talking about one of the most lethal and contagious viruses ever found in the world.
The Ministry of Health of Equatorial Guinea reported having detected a “epidemiological situation”, in districts of nsok nsomo through samples sent for analysis in Senegal, the virus being confirmed.
After deaths of people with symptoms such as fever, vomiting, diarrhea containing blood and weakness.
In addition to the deaths already caused, and also the suspected cases, the country's authorities also reveal that more than 21 people are in social isolation, under surveillance for having had contact with the dead.
Another 4,325 people are quarantined in their homes.
These deaths were recorded between January 7th and February 7th according to Ondo'o Ayekaba (Minister of Health of Guinea).
There is still a suspicious death on February 10 that is being investigated.
The area that the outbreak affected is located in a rural region of dense forest, close to borders with Cameroon and Gabon.
Health professionals are already being sent to Equatorial Guinea to help fight the terrible disease.
The organization, which highlighted the high level of contagion of the virus, has already assured that all the necessary protective equipment will be provided for the medical team.
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