Child infected with Marburg virus dies in Ghana


GENEVA (Reuters) -A child who contracted the highly infectious Ebola-like Marburg virus in Ghana has died, a World Health Organization official said on Tuesday.

The death brings the total number of fatalities in the country to three since Ghana registered its first ever outbreak of the disease last month.

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