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SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2025
US CDC to issue second-highest travel alert for Rwanda on Marburg outbreak

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Reuters
08 October, 2024, 10:55 am
Last modified: 08 October, 2024, 10:58 am

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US CDC to issue second-highest travel alert for Rwanda on Marburg outbreak

The CDC will start screening for travellers entering the United States who have been in Rwanda in the past 21 days, the US Department of Health and Human Services said

Reuters
08 October, 2024, 10:55 am
Last modified: 08 October, 2024, 10:58 am
A general view of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia September 30, 2014. REUTERS/Tami Chappell
A general view of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia September 30, 2014. REUTERS/Tami Chappell

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will issue its second-highest level of travel notice for Rwanda, recommending people to avoid nonessential travel due to the Marburg disease outbreak in the east African country, the US government said on Monday.

The CDC will start screening for travellers entering the United States who have been in Rwanda in the past 21 days, the US Department of Health and Human Services said.

Last week, the agency issued its "level 2" travel notice for Rwanda, urging enhanced precautions for those travelling to the country.

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Rwanda's first outbreak of the Ebola-like disease was detected in late September, with 46 cases and 12 deaths reported since then. Marburg has a fatality rate as high as 88%.

It is transmitted to humans by fruit bats and then spreads through contact with the bodily fluids of infected individuals.

Rwanda has begun administering vaccine doses against the virus, prioritising most at risk, most exposed healthcare workers, and the close contacts of the confirmed cases.

 

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