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Nine deaths have been reported with symptoms of the Ebola virus relative so far.

This rare virus causes a hemorrhagic fever; there is currently an outbreak in Africa.

This week, WHO officials confirmed that the Marburg virus was first found in the west African country, where it has already killed at least nine people.

A health alert has been declared in Kie-Ntem province, lockdown plan will be implemented after consulting with the WHO, UN

Equatorial Guinea has confirmed its first outbreak of the Marburg virus, a highly infectious and deadly disease similar to Ebola, after the deaths of at least nine people, the World Health Organisation said on Monday.

In a press statement, WHO said that Equatorial Guinea confirmed its first-ever outbreak on Monday (local time) after the nine peoples samples turned out positive for the Marburg virus disease.

It marks the first time the pathogen has ever been seen in Equatorial Guinea, which is now scrambling to contain the outbreak. Hundreds of people are suspected to be infected with the virus.

The World Health Organization (WHO) convened an urgent meeting Tuesday amid an outbreak of one of the deadliest diseases known to man in Africa.

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