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Feb
Mitoha Ondo'o Ayekaba, Minister of Health of Equatorial Guineadeclared "the health alert for Marburg hemorrhagic fever in Kie-Ntem province and Mongomo district". The decision was made following a report by the World Health Organization (WHO) which registered, in addition to the 9 deaths from Marburg, 16 suspected cases of people with symptoms similar to the virus. At a press conference, the Minister of Health announced the "launch of the contingency plan to deal with the epidemic", in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO). The area where the cases are reported is in the eastern part of the country's mainland,…