This Past Week The ‘24 Marburg Outbreak Was Declared… OVER.

And that is some very good news (and highly contrasting -- news, to the latest DRC Mpox updates). Marburg is considered far more lethal (on a par with the dread Ebola virus) -- taking the lives of up to 88% of those who contract it.

And Rwanda's top-flight public health response to this latest outbreak is in large measure the reason it was so quickly abated. Here's the official "all clear", from WHO, early last week:

. . .The World Health Organization and the Rwandan government on Friday declared the outbreak in Rwanda of the Ebola-like Marburg fever -- over after no new cases were registered in recent weeks.

The country first declared the outbreak on Sept. 27 and reported a total of 15 deaths and 66 cases, with the majority of those affected healthcare workers who handled the first patients.

Without treatment, Marburg can be fatal in up to 88% of people who fall ill with the disease. Symptoms include fever, muscle pains, diarrhea, vomiting and, in some cases, death through extreme blood loss. . . .

And. . . now you know. Be excellent to one another. Onward.

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