Overview
- Health officials confirmed three laboratory-verified deaths, with three additional fatalities under investigation for possible Marburg linkage.
- Testing of 17 suspected cases in the Jinka/Omo area identified at least nine infections in Ethiopia’s first recorded Marburg outbreak.
- Ethiopia reported no active symptomatic cases under treatment as rapid response teams and a mobile laboratory were deployed to the affected area.
- WHO and Africa CDC have dispatched personnel, supplies and an isolation tent to bolster testing, clinical care and containment efforts.
- South Sudan issued public health advisories due to cross-border risk, and authorities note there is no approved vaccine or specific antiviral therapy for Marburg.