Tanzania's president has announced an outbreak of Marburg virus, an Ebola-like virus, just a week after her health minister denied that there were any cases in the country. President Samia Suluhu ...

WHO was the first to report on Jan. 14 a suspected outbreak of Marburg that had killed eight people in Tanzania’s Kagera region. Tanzanian health officials disputed the report hours later ...

Tanzania and the World Health Organisation confirmed on Monday the outbreak of Marburg virus disease in the northwestern Kagera region. The announcement was made by President of the Republic of ...

THE East African Community (EAC) has expressed its unwavering solidarity with Tanzania and other key stakeholders following the confirmation of Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) outbreak in Kagera Region.

Tanzania experienced its first Marburg outbreak in March 2023 in the Bukoba ... virus spreading in the region remained "high" because Kagera was a transit hub with much cross-border movement ...

Tanzania's president said a sample tested positive for the Marburg virus, which has a fatality rate of up to 88 percent if untreated.

WHO was the first to report on Jan. 14 a suspected outbreak of Marburg that had killed eight people in Tanzania’s Kagera region. Tanzanian health officials disputed the report hours later ...

Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan has declared an outbreak of Marburg virus, confirming a single case in the northwestern region of Kagera after a meeting with WHO director-general Tedros ...

Advertisement The last Marburg outbreak in Tanzania came in March 2023 ... spread to other countries in Africa with Tanzania's Kagera region bordering Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda with significant ...

On 14 January, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported a suspected Marburg outbreak in the country, having recorded nine suspected cases and eight deaths over five days in Kagera. But ...

Victims had presented with typical Marburg symptoms ... This is the second reported outbreak of the disease in Kagera. In 2023, a total of nine cases were reported and six deaths.

The Tanzanian government has denied reports by the World Health Organsation (WHO) of a suspected new outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus in the northwestern Kagera region, insisting that all ...