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Equatorial Guinea confirms 8 new cases of Marburg Virus

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Marburg Virus has no authorised vaccine or treatment. [File, Standard]

Equatorial Guinea has confirmed another eight cases of the "highly virulent" Marburg virus, a deadly hemorrhagic fever with no authorized vaccine or treatment.

The World Health Organization on Thursday said that brings the country's total number of cases to nine in the outbreak declared in mid-February.

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