WHO Secretary-General Tan Desai asked Equatorial Guinea to report the number of Marburg virus cases.

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(Reuters)

[Instant News/Comprehensive Report] Health officials in Equatorial Guinea (Equatorial Guinea), a country in central Africa, admitted on the 30th that since the outbreak of the Marburg virus (Marburg virus) outbreak, the country has added 13 new confirmed cases.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has been urging the government of the country not to conceal the epidemic and to report confirmed cases.

According to Reuters, the Ministry of Health of Equatorial Guinea stated on Twitter on the 30th that after the outbreak of the Marburg virus outbreak, a total of 13 cases were confirmed, and 9 confirmed cases died and 1 patient recovered. The authorities said they were tracking 825 other close contacts By.

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The WHO stated that in the last week alone, there were 9 confirmed cases in the country, and the number of deaths and suspected cases both reached 20.

In this regard, WHO Secretary-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus emphasized: "WHO is quite aware that the number of cases is not limited to this, and we have asked the government of Equatorial Guinea to report it."

Marburg virus disease is a viral hemorrhagic fever with a mortality rate of up to 88%. Symptoms include fever, fatigue, vomiting, diarrhea and severe bleeding.

There is currently no vaccine to prevent Marburg virus.

The virus is transmitted to humans by fruit bats and belongs to the same genus Ebolavirus as Ebola virus.

According to WHO data, Tanzania (Tanzania) was also affected by Marburg virus. There are currently 8 cases, including 5 deaths.

The World Health Organization is actively cooperating with governments and vaccine manufacturers to conduct vaccine trials in affected areas.