By Friday, November 8, two patients who had been receiving treatment for the Marburg Virus Disease in Rwanda have recovered from the virus, bringing the total recoveries to 51, according to the weekly update on the Marburg virus from the Health Minis try. The ministry had not reported any new cases since October 31. Rwanda confirmed its first-ever outbreak of the Marburg virus on September 27, and a total of 66 cases have been confirmed, with 15 deaths. No new fatalities from the infectious disease have been reported since October 15. “The outbreak is under control and surveillance continues,”

By Friday, November 8, two patients who had been receiving treatment for the Marburg Virus Disease in Rwanda have recovered from the virus, bringing the total recoveries to 51, according to the weekly update on the Marburg virus from the Health Ministry.

The ministry had not reported any new cases since October 31. Rwanda confirmed its first-ever outbreak of the Marburg virus on September 27, and a total of 66 cases have been confirmed, with 15 deaths.

No new fatalities from the infectious disease have been reported since October 15.

“The outbreak is under control and surveillance continues,” the ministry said in a weekly update on the Marburg virus.

The outbreak can be declared over if no new infections arise for 42 days — equivalent to two incubation periods for the virus — after the last case is identified, according to the scientific journal Nature.

Genomic sequencing of the virus that caused the outbreak in Rwanda showed that it originated from direct contact between Egyptian fruit bats and humans in a cave where mining activities had been taking place.

Rwanda has recorded the lowest fatality rate of the deadly Marburg virus, and the outbreak was the third largest recorded, according to the Ministry of Health.

About 22.7 percent of the patients in Rwanda died, while previous outbreaks saw a fatality rate of up to 88 percent.

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