An epidemic of ‘Marburg’ is reported to be spreading in the African country known as Equatorial Guinea. ‘Marburg‘ is a deadly virus that spreads from animals like rats to humans. It is also said that the province called ‘
Kié-Ntem‘, where the number of infected people is reported, has now been put under ‘lockdown’ and the infected people and their associates have been protested.
Equatorial Guinea Health Minister Mitoha Ondo has explained to the media that they have taken steps to forward all data regarding the spread of the virus to the World Health Organization.
Equatorial Guinea is a 28,000 square kilometre (11,000 sq mi) sovereign country on the west coast of Central Africa.
Equatorial Guinea, a former Spanish colony, is so named because the country is close to both the equator and the Gulf of Guinea. As of 2021, the population of this country is said to be 1,468,777. (Reuters)
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