On July 17, officials announced the first ever Marburg virus outbreak in Ghana, marking just the second time the virus has been detected in West Africa.
At the time of the announcement, there were two unrelated fatal cases in southern Ghana — a 26-year-old man who checked into a hospital on June 26 and died on June 27, and a 51-year-old man who reported to the hospital on June 28 and died on the same day.
In all, 108 contacts of the two cases self-quarantined and were monitored for symptoms, according to WHO. As of July 22, all had completed their 21-day follow-up without testing