Tanzania has confirmed a new case of Marburg virus disease in the northwestern Kagera region, following 25 negative tests. Dozens of individuals remain under observation as the government works to ...

Two districts in the northwest Kagera region of Tanzania have reported outbreaks of the Marburg virus, known for its high fatality rate. Now the World Health Organisation (WHO) is investigating a ...

Marburg virus, like Ebola, transmits to people from ... This is the second outbreak of the virus in Tanzania’s Kagera region since 2023. A total of nine suspected cases were reported with ...

WORLD Health Organisation (WHO) has donated essential medical equipment worth $30,000 (78m/-) to help combat the Marburg ...

WHO was the first to report on Jan. 14 of a suspected outbreak of Marburg that had killed eight people in Tanzania’s Kagera region ... Like Ebola, the Marburg virus originates in fruit bats ...

The cases were reported in the Kagera region of Tanzania ... African green monkeys imported from Uganda. The virus was identified in a lab in Marburg, Germany. Since then, outbreaks have occurred ...

Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has confirmed a new outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus in the East African country.

The United Nations health agency said it had informed its member states on Monday of "an outbreak of suspected Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) in the Kagera region" of Tanzania. "We are aware of nine ...

Eight people have died in Tanzania’s Kagera region following a suspected outbreak of the Marburg virus disease, according to the World Health Organization. The virus, related to Ebola and ...