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Russian Drones Attack Energy Facilities in Ukraine’s Sumy, Authorities Say 

A woman looks at an installation with a power transformer, damaged by a Russian military strike, in the city center, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, September 17, 2024. (Reuters)
A woman looks at an installation with a power transformer, damaged by a Russian military strike, in the city center, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, September 17, 2024. (Reuters)
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Russian Drones Attack Energy Facilities in Ukraine’s Sumy, Authorities Say 

A woman looks at an installation with a power transformer, damaged by a Russian military strike, in the city center, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, September 17, 2024. (Reuters)
A woman looks at an installation with a power transformer, damaged by a Russian military strike, in the city center, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, September 17, 2024. (Reuters)

Russian drones attacked energy facilities in Ukraine's northeastern city of Sumy, the regional authorities said on Wednesday.

No people were injured in the attack based on preliminary information but repeated strikes on the region's energy facilities have strained the system, according to the statement on the Telegram messaging app.

Regional authorities said that air defenses shot down 16 drones over the Sumy region during the overnight attack.

The local officials said on Tuesday that Russia fired missiles at energy infrastructure in the city of Sumy after an overnight drone strike on the region reduced power in some areas and forced authorities to use back-up power systems.

Ukraine's energy ministry said Russia's Tuesday attacks had caused a fire at a power substation in the Sumy region and cut power to more than 281,000 consumers. Power was later partially restored, it said.

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FILE PHOTO: World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus addresses a press conference on the Marburg virus outbreak at the Kigali Convention Center in Kigali, Rwanda, October 20, 2024. REUTERS/Jean Bizimana/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus addresses a press conference on the Marburg virus outbreak at the Kigali Convention Center in Kigali, Rwanda, October 20, 2024. REUTERS/Jean Bizimana/File Photo
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FILE PHOTO: World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus addresses a press conference on the Marburg virus outbreak at the Kigali Convention Center in Kigali, Rwanda, October 20, 2024. REUTERS/Jean Bizimana/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus addresses a press conference on the Marburg virus outbreak at the Kigali Convention Center in Kigali, Rwanda, October 20, 2024. REUTERS/Jean Bizimana/File Photo

The World Health Organization said Wednesday an outbreak of suspected Marburg disease has killed eight people in a remote part of northern Tanzania.
“We are aware of 9 cases so far, including 8 people who have died,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a statement. “We would expect further cases in coming days as disease surveillance improves,” The Associated Press quoted him as saying.
Like Ebola, the Marburg virus originates in fruit bats and spreads between people through close contact with the bodily fluids of infected individuals or with surfaces, such as contaminated bed sheets.
Without treatment, Marburg can be fatal in up to 88% of people who fall ill with the disease. Symptoms include fever, muscle pains, diarrhea, vomiting and in some cases death from extreme blood loss. There is no authorized vaccine or treatment for Marburg.
WHO said its risk assessment for the suspected outbreak in Tanzania is high at national and regional levels but low globally. There was no immediate comment from Tanzanian health authorities.
An outbreak of Marburg in Rwanda, first reported on Sept. 27, was declared over on Dec. 20. Rwandan officials reported a total of 15 deaths and 66 cases, with the majority of those affected healthcare workers who handled the first patients.