Rwanda said it would begin vaccinations against the deadly Ebola-like Marburg virus on Sunday, the health minister said, after receiving some 700 doses of a trial vaccine.

First vaccinations have begun in Rwanda, where a high fatality rate of up to 88% and the highly contagious Marburg disease is spreading, local health ...

Rwanda has said it will begin vaccine trials for the fatal Marburg virus, which has already killed at least 12 people in the ...

Rwanda to begin administration of Marburg vaccines after the US successfully delivered an initial shipment of 700 doses on ...

Government to prioritise those ‘most at risk’ and ‘most exposed healthcare workers’ following the deaths of 12 people.

Rwandan health authorities will begin a vaccine study against the Marburg hemorrhagic fever as the East African country tries ...

Rwanda said on Sunday it had begun administering vaccine doses against the Marburg virus to try to combat an outbreak of the Ebola-like disease in the east African country, where it has so far killed ...

The United States government completed an initial shipment of vaccine doses and therapeutic drugs for Marburg disease to Rwanda on Oct. 4, Thierry Roels, U.S. CDC Country Director in Rwanda told ...

Caption] Sabin Vaccine Institute delivered 700 doses of its Marburg vaccine to Rwanda on Oct. 5, 2024.WASHINGTON, Oct. 05, ...

Marburg has caused small, episodic outbreaks since first being identified, most recently last year in Tanzania and Ghana. It ...

There are currently no licensed vaccines or drugs to prevent or treat Marburg, but experimental versions are heading to ...