The epidemic, which was first detected at the end of September, has so far resulted in 62 confirmed cases and 15 deaths. No new cases have been detected in the last six days and 44 people have recovered from the infection.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is currently visiting Rwanda and praised the country's handling of the situation.
‘We are pleased to see that there have been no new cases in the last six days and we hope that this will continue,’ he said at a press conference in Kigali.
‘But we are dealing with one of the most dangerous viruses in the world and it is essential to remain vigilant,’ he added, calling for “reinforced surveillance, contact tracing and infection prevention and control measures” to continue until the outbreak is declared over.
The outbreak can only be declared over after 42 days (two consecutive incubation periods) without a new confirmed case.
The Marburg virus, from the same family as Ebola, is a highly infectious hemorrhagic fever transmitted to humans by fruit bats and has a lethality rate of up to 88%.
However, the lethality rate of this epidemic has so far remained at 24 per cent in Rwanda.
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