Marburg virus is one of the deadliest pathogens ever discovered and there are no treatments or vaccines yet approved which work to reverse or prevent it. It can cause sufferers to bleed from the eyes and latest data on confirmed cases in Africa suggests it is likely to kill at least half those it infects. It is much less contagious than Covid - because it is spread via closer contact, with bodily fluids often when performing activities such as changing bed sheets - but it is much more deadly

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