Rwanda’s health minister said Sunday that an outbreak of the Marburg virus is not spreading in the country, citing the absence of new infections or deaths in the past six days.

The country's health minister cited the absence of new infections and deaths in the past six days.View on euronews

Jean Kaseya, head of the African health body, said Rwanda shouldn't be punished for being transparent about the outbreak.View on euronews

The head of Africa’s top public health agency says that an outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg fever in Rwanda is under control and that travel bans to the East African country are unnecessary.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health Organization, visited Rwanda to see the outbreak response for himself and hailed the country's handling of the situation