United States: According to theCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, travelers coming back from Rwanda would have to go through health monitoring tests, which would start this week.
Moreover, the health ministry has also published guidelines for travelers on Sunday morning.
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The announcement has come in light of the deaths of eleven people, where the Marburg virus is the culprit spreading in Rwanda. The virus has left twenty-five infected, leading to the declaration of an outbreak in the country on September 27.
Somewhat similar to Ebola, this rare disease could cause mortality, shooting up to 88 percent among those infected.
This is why German officials have already gotten cautious after the reporting of two train passengers being suspected to be contaminated with the virus on October 2. However, both tested negative in the final reports, jpost.com reported.
By October 2, there were 36 known cases of COVID-19 in the Rwandese population, with at least 19 of them being healthcare givers, nearly all of them working in the Intensive Care Unit.
Some have an undetermined source, which means other cases may not have been detected or confirmed, as pointed out in a Health Alert from the CDC published on October 3.
Know about Marburg virus disease
Marburg virus disease, also referred to as Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever, is normally prevalent in the sub-region of Africa.
The disease emerged in 1967 after outbreaks in Germany and Serbia; it is due to the Marburg or Ravn virus.
These viruses occur naturally in fruit bats living in caves in different parts of Africa and the Middle East and can spread the disease among man and animals through their excretion.
Marburg can be spread to animals and subsequently to humans by ways of eating fruits that have been turned on by bats or being bitten by an infected bat, jpost.com reported.
This can be passed from animals to humans or through contact with infected needles, objects, or even surfaces.
Marburg virus is transmitted directly through contact with infected bodily fluids: blood, urine, saliva, sweat, feces, vomit, breast milk, amniotic fluid, or semen through broken skin or mucous membranes in the eyes, nose, or mouth. Don’t let anyone tell you that Marburg is an airborne disease.