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EXPLAINED: Equatorial guinea confirms marburg deaths after push by who - The Real Truth

Health workers from the Guinean Ministry of Health in 2021 registering medical staff ahead of their anti-Ebola vaccination campaign. The country may now be facing an epidemic of the Marburg disease, a virus from the same family. © Carol Valade/AFP

Equatorial Guinea said it has recorded 13 cases of Marburg disease since February, after the World Health Organization urged the country to officially report new cases.

Nine people have died, while one patient has recovered since the first outbreak of the disease was observed in February, the health ministry said on Twitter Wednesday

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