Marburg virus disease amid COVID-19 in West Africa: an emerging and re-emerging zoonotic epidemic threat, future implications and way forward

Abstract

Amid the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic,
\nseveral African countries including Ghana
\nand Equatorial Guinea have reported several
\nzoonotic outbreaks. The COVID-19 pandemic
\nhas added more strain on the already fragile
\nhealthcare system, and consequently increasing
\nthe impact of both emerging and re-emerging diseases
\nsuch as the current outbreak of Marburg
\nvirus disease (MVD) in Ghana and Equatorial
\nGuinea.1–4 On 28 June 2022, the health authorities
\nin Ghana received reports of two fatal cases of
\nMVD;1 by 29 July 2022, four confirmed case of
\nMVD were reported with three deaths (case fatality
\nratio of 75%).