The Marburg virus is highly virulent and causes a hemorrhagic fever with a mortality rate of up to 88%. It belongs to the same family as the virus that causes Ebola disease. The virus is named after the German city of Marburg, where it was first identified in 1967. Cases of the virus have been […]
In a speedy response to Liberia’s first confirmed cases of Ebola in more than three months, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has begun distributing emergency supplies in the affected communities including tents for isolating those under quarantine, hygiene kits and chlorine and buckets for handwashing stations. In Margibi County, where the body of a […]