{"id":23702,"date":"2025-11-17T08:45:04","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T05:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africacdc.org\/?post_type=news-item&#038;p=23702"},"modified":"2025-11-17T08:45:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T05:45:05","slug":"africa-cdc-weekly-brief-10-16-november-2025","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/africacdc.org\/news-item\/africa-cdc-weekly-brief-10-16-november-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa CDC Weekly Brief | 10 &#8211; 16 November 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Marburg Virus Confirmed in Ethiopia\u2019s Southern Region<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ethiopia has confirmed that the suspected outbreak in its southern region is Marburg virus disease. Dr Jean Kaseya praised the swift and transparent response of the Federal Ministry of Health and the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI).<br><br>He emphasised that Africa CDC\u2019s in-country team is working closely with national authorities, providing technical support and monitoring the situation. \u201cWe stand with Ethiopia to contain this outbreak quickly and protect communities,\u201d he affirmed. Africa CDC has had a long-standing partnership with EPHI to strengthen Ethiopia\u2019s molecular diagnostic and genomic surveillance capacity critical capabilities that were immediately deployed in response to the current outbreak.<br><br>Through this collaboration, Africa CDC provided genome-sequencing equipment, sequencing reagents, PCR detection kits (including Marburg specific assays), and extensive training for laboratory personnel in genome sequencing, bioinformatics, biosafety, PPE use and safe sample handling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udce5 Read the full brief in your preferred language:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 English PDF \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/africacdc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Weekly-Bulletin-16-Nov-2025-ENG.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Africa CDC Weekly Brief | 10 &#8211; 16 November 2025<\/a><br>\ud83d\udc49 Version fran\u00e7aise \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/africacdc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Weekly-Bulletin-16-Nov-2025-FR.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bulletin Hebdomadaire d\u2019Africa CDC | 10 &#8211; 16 Novembre 2025<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udd17 For direct inquiries or media engagement: <a href=\"mailto:communications@africacdc.org\">communications@africacdc.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marburg Virus Confirmed in Ethiopia\u2019s Southern Region Ethiopia has confirmed that the suspected outbreak in its southern region is Marburg virus disease. Dr Jean Kaseya praised the swift and transparent response of the Federal Ministry of Health and the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI). He emphasised that Africa CDC\u2019s in-country team is working closely with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":23703,"template":"","tags":[1011,542],"thematic-area":[121],"region":[64,65,62,66,63],"country":[],"news-type":[1081],"disease-category":[182],"class_list":["post-23702","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-marburg-outbreak","tag-marburg-virus-disease","thematic-area-emergency-and-preparedness","region-central-africa","region-eastern-africa","region-northern-africa","region-southern-africa","region-western-africa","news-type-weekly-briefs","disease-category-marburg-virus-disease"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Africa CDC Weekly Brief | 10 - 16 November 2025 &#8211; Africa CDC<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/africacdc.org\/news-item\/africa-cdc-weekly-brief-10-16-november-2025\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Africa CDC Weekly Brief | 10 - 16 November 2025 &#8211; Africa CDC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Marburg Virus Confirmed in Ethiopia\u2019s Southern Region Ethiopia has confirmed that the suspected outbreak in its southern region is Marburg virus disease. 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