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Rwanda to use Marburg vaccine in trial as death toll rises to 12

KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwandan health authorities will begin a vaccine trial against Marburg hemorrhagic feverofficials said Sunday as the East African country tries to stop the spread of an outbreak that has killed 12 people. Rwanda, which received 700…

Rwanda reports eight deaths linked to the Ebola-like Marburg virus, eight days after announcing the outbreak

Kigali, RWANDA (AP) — Rwanda says eight people have died so far as a result of an Ebola-like disease highly contagious Marburg virusjust days after the country reported an outbreak of deadly hemorrhagic fever, for which there is no approved…