While the global risk of Marburg virus disease is considered “low”, it can cause death through extreme blood loss.

For the first time in Rwanda’s history, its health ministry is dealing with an outbreak of Marburg virus disease, a rare but deadly hemorrhagic disease similar to Ebola – but unlike Ebola, there is no treatment or vaccines for Marburg,

The Ebola-related Marburg virus kills around half of those infected but has been fatal in up to 90 per cent of cases.