Ghana confirms first two cases of Marburg virus disease

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Ghana confirms first two cases of Marburg virus disease

STORY: Ghana confirms first two cases of Marburg virus disease DATELINE: July 19, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:32 LOCATION: Accra CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of crowds in markets 2. various of people getting vaccinations 3. various of crowds in markets STORYLINE: Ghana has confirmed the country's first two cases of Marburg virus disease (MVD), the Ghana Health Service (GHS) said in a statement late Sunday. The confirmation came after samples from suspected infected individuals that had been sent to the Institute Pasteur in Dakar (IPD) tested positive for MVD. The GHS first announced the suspected infections on July 7, after identifying two persons who had met the case definition of acute hemorrhagic fever in Ghana's Ashanti Region. The samples from the individuals tested positive for MVD at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research. With assistance from the World Health Organization (WHO), the samples were forwarded to the IPD for further confirmation. "So far, 98 contacts have been identifi

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