Kazakhstan has taken steps to prevent the introduction and spread of Marburg virus, citing a WHO warning.
The health authorities in Kazakhstan have introduced mandatory body temperature checks of passengers arriving in the country's airports from abroad, according to a statement on Monday.
This comes amid an outbreak of a highly infectious and potentially lethal disease in Africa.
The illness, known as Marburg virus disease (MVD), starts with symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, sore throat, and abdominal pain. In some cases, patients die through extreme blood loss. The virus spreads between people through contact with bodily fluids or with surfaces, such as contaminated bedsheets.
Marburg is from the same family of viruses as Ebola but has been described as more severe.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the disease has a fatality rate of up to 88%. An outbreak of MVD was confirmed last month by the health authorities in Rwanda.
Kazakhstan's health officials have cited a warning issued by WHO last week stating that there is a high risk of the outbreak spreading beyond the East African country....<<<Read More>>>...