The highly contagious Marburg virus is mainly found in Africa, where an uptick in cases has been reported in Rwanda. According to official figures, 10 patients have died so far in the country, with a total of 29 confirmed cases. It’s one of the largest outbreaks on record.

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,

Two suspected cases reported in Germany after WHO advises against all travel to Rwanda amid concerning outbreak.

Two people have been hospitalized with the suspected Marburg virus in Hamburg after at least one returned from treating patients with infectious diseases abroad, German authorities said on Wednesday.

A fire department spokesman told the Bild tabloid that the man and his girlfriend had developed flu-like symptoms on a high-speed train from Frankfurt. The spokesman said they had come from abroad where they had been treating a man who went on to develop an infectious disease,