Rwanda has declared an end to the country's Marburg virus outbreak following the recovery of the last patient 42 days ago, Health Minister Sabin Nsanzimana told a news conference on Friday.

A deadly cousin of Ebola, Marburg virus can kill between a quarter and 90 per cent of the people it infects. International travel has taken it from Africa to Europe twice in the past 40 years.

In 2021, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) directed dia regional offices to be on high alert for de Marburg virus after outbreak of de disease hit West African neighbor, Guinea.