{"id":288625,"date":"2025-11-17T09:53:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T09:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/288625\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T09:53:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T09:53:11","slug":"africa-cdc-confirms-marburg-virus-outbreak-in-southern-ethiopia-xinhua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/288625\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa CDC confirms Marburg virus outbreak in southern Ethiopia-Xinhua"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" controls=\"controls\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251117de662aae63af454c8b67ffa811ceca4f_CnbbeeE000003_20251117_CBMFN0A001.JPG\"\/>Photo taken on Nov. 3, 2025, shows the main building of the Chinese-built Africa CDC headquarters in Ethiopia&#8217;s capital Addis Ababa. (Photo by Michael Tewelde\/Xinhua)<\/p>\n<p>The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has acknowledged the confirmation by Ethiopia&#8217;s Ministry of Health and the Ethiopian Public Health Institute of a Marburg virus disease outbreak in Jinka, southern Ethiopia.<\/p>\n<p>ADDIS ABABA, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) &#8212; The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa\u00a0CDC) has acknowledged the confirmation by Ethiopia&#8217;s Ministry of Health and the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) of a Marburg virus disease outbreak in Jinka, southern Ethiopia.<\/p>\n<p>Further epidemiological investigations and laboratory analysis are underway, and the virus strain detected shows similarities to those previously identified in East Africa, according to a statement released by the Africa CDC on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The initial alert of a suspected viral hemorrhagic fever was shared with the Africa CDC on Nov. 12, the African Union&#8217;s specialized health agency said in the statement. It added that Ethiopia&#8217;s health ministry, the EPHI, and regional health authorities have activated response measures, including enhanced surveillance, field investigations, strengthened infection prevention and control, and community engagement efforts.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" controls=\"controls\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251117de662aae63af454c8b67ffa811ceca4f_CnbbeeE000003_20251117_CBMFN0A002.JPG\"\/>Photo taken on Nov. 3, 2025, shows the laboratory center of the Chinese-built Africa CDC headquarters in Ethiopia&#8217;s capital Addis Ababa. (Photo by Michael Tewelde\/Xinhua)<\/p>\n<p>Africa CDC Director-General Jean Kaseya will meet with Ethiopia&#8217;s health minister to assess additional support needs and reinforce cross-border readiness with neighboring countries. The Africa CDC will continue to work closely with the Ethiopian government and partners to ensure a rapid, coordinated, and effective response, according to the statement.<\/p>\n<p>The Marburg virus, a highly infectious pathogen with a high fatality rate, causes hemorrhagic fever. Symptoms, including high fever and severe headache, typically appear within a week of exposure. It belongs to the same virus family as Ebola, according to the World Health Organization.\u00a0 \u25a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo taken on Nov. 3, 2025, shows the main building of the Chinese-built Africa CDC headquarters in Ethiopia&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288626,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[49,48,45823,84,130866,15016,42677],"class_list":["post-288625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ethiopia","tag-health","tag-marburg","tag-outbreak","tag-wn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/288626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}