5 days ago, KU Leuven repatriated two students from Rwanda due to the new outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus, which has already caused 11 deaths in Rwanda, mainly in Kigali. The Belgian government immediately asked anyone returning from the country to monitor their symptoms and consult a doctor if necessary.
“Without treatment, it causes death within a week,” the WHO worried about this new virus similar to Ebola. Our English neighbors are in turn taking drastic measures to prevent its spread. This measure is the travel ban!
It was decreed after cases almost doubled in the space of a week. Thirteen people died during an outbreak in Rwanda, including 58 people who fell ill. “If you have been in contact with a confirmed case of Marburg, you cannot travel until 21 days after your exposure, provided you do not have any symptoms” they communicate.
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“Without treatment, it causes death within a week”: WHO’s concern about this new virus similar to Ebola, Belgian authorities call for increased vigilance
The virus, similar to Ebola, manifests with fever, muscle pain, and can progress quickly to severe bleeding and organ failure, often leading to “death within a week without treatment.” Symptoms may appear between 2 and 21 days after infection.
Although the risk of an outbreak in Europe is low, the WHO is concerned due to the lack of treatments and the lethality of the virus, with mortality rates reaching 88% during an outbreak in Angola in 2005 Beds have been prepared at UZA to accommodate possible cases in Belgium, and the authorities insist on the importance of increased vigilance to avoid the spread.
Paul Hunter, professor of medicine at the University of East Anglia, told The Sun that this outbreak could “erupt in any country in the world”.
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