WHO: cases at border and capital among Marburg concerns in Rwanda

The majority of people infected in Rwanda’s Marburg virus outbreak are health workers, and some illnesses have been reported in districts that border three other African nations, both of which are among a number of concerning features of the event, the World Health Organization (WHO) said yesterday in its initial risk assessment. The source of the Marburg virus outbreak—Rwanda’s first—still isn’t known, pending further investigation findings by Rwandan health officials, the WHO said. Rwanda’s health ministry today reported 2 more …