WHO Declares Outbreak In Ghana After Reports Of Ebola-Like Marburg Virus Cases

World Health Organization has proclaimed Ghana's first outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg virus illness after laboratories confirmed infections in two individuals. Fruit bats transmit the illness, a highly contagious hemorrhagic fever, to humans, and humans contract it by coming into touch with infected individuals' body fluids or surfaces. More than 90 contacts have been discovered and are being tracked, including health personnel and community people.