There is currently no licensed vaccine to treat Marburg virus. On 6 October, health minister Sabin Nsanzimana said Rwanda had begun vaccine trials after receiving 700 doses from the Sabin Vaccine Institute, a US-based non-profit organisation, which will be distributed to doctors and hospital workers over 18.

U.S. health officials are planning to screen travelers from Rwanda amid the outbreak of the Marburg virus in the country, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on

U.S. health officials are preparing to screen passengers flying in from Rwanda for symptoms of Marburg virus, a severe infection similar to Ebola.

Amid an outbreak of Marburg virus in Rwanda, travelers coming into the United States who have been in Rwanda in the previous 21 days will be screened starting next week, the US Department of Health and Human Services announced Monday.

Marburg has caused small, episodic outbreaks since first being identified, most recently last year in Tanzania and Ghana. It is one of the deadliest known viruses, with no approved vaccines or specific treatments.

Marburg virus disease has killed 11 people and sickened 25 others in Rwanda, which declared an outbreak on Sept. 27.

The East African country continues to investigate the source of the outbreak, first traced among patients in health facilities.

Health officials in Rwanda are dealing with the country’s first outbreak of the Marburg virus, an Ebola-like disease which, if left untreated, has a fatality rate of up to 88%.

As health officials work furiously to stem the spread of Marburg virus in Rwanda, U.S. health officials announced Monday that all passengers flying from that country to the United States will soon be screened for the often deadly disease.

U.S. health officials announced Monday that all passengers flying from Rwanda to the United States will soon be screened for the Ebola-like Marburg virus.