Marburg’s Global Risk Almost Eliminated by Rwanda’s Quick Response

The risk of international spread from Rwanda of the highly virulent Marburg disease is almost zero as the East African nation’s quick and highly co-ordinated response has brought its first-ever outbreak under control.

“We are expecting to see Rwanda out of this outbreak very soon,” Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention Director-General Jean Kaseya said in a briefing Thursday. He outlined how rapid isolation of people displaying symptoms of the illness, which can cause hemorrhagic fever, as well as rigorous contact tracing have enabled this.

1. Outbreak expected to end ‘very soon’, Africa CDC’s Kaseya says
2. Early detection efforts are helping other countries prepare