The Ministry of Health recommended citizens and residents to temporarily avoid unnecessary travel to Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania, the two countries where Marburg virus disease has spread. "Marburg".
In a statement, according to the Qatar News Agency, the Ministry of Health called on those coming from Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania to monitor symptoms of illness within 21 days of arrival from travel, such as a high temperature accompanied by a symptom such as:
Headache, severe malaise with muscle pain, diarrhea, vomiting, rash, self-isolation immediately when symptoms appear, and calling the unified call center for the health care sector in the State of Qatar (16000).
The Marburg virus, which is from the deadly Ebola virus family, according to the World Health Organization, was first discovered after 31 people were infected and 7 died after it spread simultaneously in 1967 in Marburg and Frankfurt, in Germany, and Belgrade, in Serbia.
What is Marburg hemorrhagic fever?
A severe and deadly disease caused by a virus of the same family as the virus that causes Ebola hemorrhagic fever, according to the World Health Organization.
form of Marburg virus
It appears under an electron microscope in the form of extended filaments that sometimes twist to form foreign bodies.
How is Marburg virus transmitted?
It is transmitted to humans by "Fruit bats" It is not a disease transmitted through the air, but between humans it spreads quickly through direct contact with the bodily fluids of infected people such as blood, saliva or urine, as well as on surfaces and materials, according to the island.
The relatives of the infected person and workers in health institutions are more at risk of infection, along with the sick.
