World Health Organization warns outbreak risk is ‘very high at the national level’ in Rwanda, but low at the global level.
Rwanda is fighting its first outbreak of the “highly virulent” Marburg virus which was first reported in late September.
As of Thursday, 11 people were reported to have died of the virus in Rwanda. The health minister announced the country will begin clinical trials of experimental vaccines and treatments.
So what is the Marburg virus and how concerned should we be?
What is the Marburg virus?
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