WHO: Uganda is silent on updates following disclosure of Marburg outbreak

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The government of Uganda has gone quiet on an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus that it reported late last month, with the World Health Organization acknowledging Thursday it has made repeated requests for updated information on the status of the investigation into how it started and how far it may have spread.

“We’ve sent several additional requests for information, and we’re still waiting to hear from them specifically on the outcomes of the investigation that we know that they’re carrying out,” Chikwe Ihekweazu⁩, executive director of the Geneva-based agency’s Health Emergencies Program, said during a new conference. 

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