Child infected with Marburg virus dies in Ghana

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A child who contracted the highly infectious Ebola-like Marburg virus in Ghana has died, a World Health Organization official said on Tuesday.

The first two cases, in southern Ghana's Ashanti region, both had symptoms including diarrhoea, fever, nausea and vomiting, before dying in hospital, the WHO said previously.A child who contracted the highly infectious Ebola-like Marburg virus in Ghana has died, a World Health Organisation official said on Tuesday.

The outbreak is only the second in West Africa. The first ever case of the virus in the region was detected last year in Guinea. The dead child, whose gender or age were not disclosed, was one of two new cases reported last week by WHO.

 

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