confirmed an outbreak of Marburg virus in neighbouring Ghana, a Nigerian hospital has notified the hospital community 'of an outbreak' of the virus.
Mr Suleiman confirmed the authenticity of the memo in a telephone interview with PREMIUM TIMES on Sunday but said there was no cause for alarm. It added;"More details will be sent on our various social media platforms on the outbreak in due course..."Speaking with our reporter on Sunday, Mr Suleiman advised Nigerians not to panic, insisting that the cases are still being investigated.
"The two patients from the southern Ashanti region - both deceased and unrelated - showed symptoms including diarrhoea, fever, nausea and vomiting. They had been taken to a district hospital in Ashanti region," the WHO had disclosed in the preliminary report. The outbreak in Ghana was the second time the virus would be detected in West Africa, after the 2021 experience in Guinea.