Alert over new outbreak of Ebola-like disease that causes 90% of patients to bleed to death

HEALTH officials are racing to contain an Ebola-like disease with 90 per cent mortality. Called the Marburg virus, it causes those struck to bleed to death. 1 Close up of the Marburg virus Credit: Getty – Contributor The World Health Organization said Ghana has reported two possible cases of the Marburg virus disease. The two patients, who sadly died, had been taken to a local hospital with symptoms including diarrhoea, fever, nausea and vomiting. If confirmed, it would mark the first-ever such infections in the West African country. Preliminary findings from blood samples for the two cases were positive for… Read Full Article