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With West Africa, and indeed the rest of the world, still
reeling from the deaths brought about by the Ebola virus, the
recent death of a Ugandan hospital technician of another
deadly viral disease, Marburg Haemorrhagic Fever (MHF), has
brought fresh fears, Tribune Newspaper reports.

Uganda’s Ministry of Health disclosed that a total of 99
people who had been in contact with the victim had been
moved to quarantine. These contacts are being monitored for
signs and symptoms of the disease after tests confirmed that
the 30-year-old man who worked as a radiographer in a
Kampala hospital died of the disease. The man was said to
have had a headache, abdominal pains, diarrhoea and vomited
blood before he died.

Marburg virus was first identified in 1967, after simultaneous
outbreaks in Marburg (from which the disease takes its
name) and Frankfurt both in Germany, Belgrade, Serbia and
Yugoslavia. It was later traced back to monkeys imported
from Uganda for laboratory work. Since then, the virus has
appeared sporadically, with just a dozen outbreaks on record.
The most recent outbreak, also in Uganda, in 2012, killed
four out of 15 patients, according to the United States of
America’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Source= www.brandednaija..com

what a world! Well, my confidence is that earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal.

^^^No way, you overtook me. You must be an overtaker...

Hmm

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