2023 Equatorial Guinea Marburg virus disease outbreak

Four patients recovered from the virus and have been enrolled in a survivors programme to receive psychosocial and other post-recovery support.

[6] An outbreak of an unidentified illness was first reported on 7 February 2023 and linked to people who took part in a funeral ceremony in Kié-Ntem province's Nsok-Nsomo district.

Eight deaths were reported by 10 February 2023, prompting a local lockdown, while Cameroon introduced border restrictions.

[3] Neighbouring Cameroon detected two suspected cases of Marburg virus disease on 13 February 2023,[9] but they were later ruled out.

[12] On 28 February, Equatoguinean Health Minister Mitoha Ondo'o Ayekaba reported that there had been two more deaths of people with symptoms of the disease.

Municipalities of Equatorial Guinea, Africa