Rwanda’s health minister says authorities are tracing every potential contact of the index case in the country’s outbreak of Marburg virus disease to reduce the risk of wider spread

The East African country continues to investigate the source of the outbreak, first traced among patients in health facilities.

A deadly, Ebola-like virus called Marburg is currently causing an outbreak in Rwanda. The country declared an outbreak of Marburg virus disease on Sept. 27 and has reported 58 confirmed cases and 13 deaths as of Oct. 8. Many of those who have been infected are health-care workers.

Rwanda declared the outbreak on Sept. 27 and has so far reported that 13 people have died. Rwanda received 700 doses of a vaccine under trial from the U.S.

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

Rwanda's efforts to curb the spread of the deadly Marburg disease has yielded fruits as health officials in the country and the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have reported that the outbreak has been contained.