Health authorities in Guinea have confirmed a case of Marburg virus disease in the southern Gueckedou prefecture. This is the first time Marburg, a highly infectious disease that causes haemorrhagic fever, has been identified in the country, and in West Africa.
Marburg was detected less than two months after Guinea declared an end to an Ebola outbreak that erupted earlier this year. Peter Ndoro spoke to the WHO Representative in Guinea, Doctor Georges Ki-zerbo.
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