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    Guinea finds first confirmed case of Marburg haemorrhagic fever

    • Last Update: 2021-08-13
    • Source: Internet
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    Xinhua News Agency, Abidjan, August 9th (Reporter Zheng Yangzi) Conakry: The Ministry of Health of Guinea issued a statement on the 9th that the country's first confirmed case of Marburg haemorrhagic fever was found in southeastern Guinea


    The statement said that the Ministry of Health of Guinea found a suspected case of Marburg haemorrhagic fever in the southeastern province of Gekedu on the 3rd.


    The Ministry of Health of Guinea has launched a medical follow-up of 155 close contacts of the case, and at the same time called on the people of Gekedu Province to take preventive measures and report suspected cases to the Provincial Infectious Disease Treatment Center in time


    Both Marburg virus and Ebola virus belong to the filovirus family.


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