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An update on the Marburg Virus Disease outbreak in Ethiopia (January, 2026)
The Ethiopian Ministry of Health (MoH) has declared an end to the country’s first confirmed Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) outbreak.
The last known laboratory confirmed MVD case demised, and a safe burial was conducted on 14 December 2025. The outbreak was first confirmed on 14 November 2025 in Jinka town, South Ethiopia Regional State, following the laboratory detection of the Marburg virus (MARV) by the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) National Reference Laboratory in an adult who developed viral haemorrhagic fever (VHF) symptoms on 23 October 2025.
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