Rwanda’s Marburg fever deaths rise to 11 as its source is being investigated

Associated Press

KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Health authorities say Marburg hemorrhagic fever has killed 11 people in Rwanda. The East African country is searching for the source of an outbreak first traced among patients in health facilities. Rwanda’s government said Thursday that there are 36 confirmed cases of the disease that manifests like Ebola with 25 of them in isolation. Rwanda declared the outbreak on Sept. 27 and reported six deaths a day later. Authorities said at the time that the first cases had been found among patients in health facilities and that an investigation was underway to determine the source of the outbreak.