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NINE people have died in an outbreak of an eye-bleeding disease in Tanzania, Africa’s health agency has announced. This ...

26 suspected cases were tested of which one came back positive for Marburg Virus. Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan confirmed on Monday that there was a new outbreak of the deadly Marburg ...

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DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania - Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Monday confirmed an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus in the northwest of the country, with one confirmed case so far.

Tanzania previously reported an outbreak of Marburg in March 2023 – the country’s first – in Kagera region, in which a total of nine cases (eight confirmed and one probable) and six deaths ...

Tanzania’s president said Monday that one sample from a remote part of northern Tanzania tested positive for Marburg disease, a highly infectious virus which can be fatal in up to 88% of cases ...

Marburg disease, a highly infectious virus which can be fatal in up to 88% of cases without treatment, originates in fruit bats and spreads between people through close contact with the bodily fluids ...

2:12 Health Matters: Suspected Marburg ... Tanzania tested positive for Marburg disease, which is caused by a highly infectious virus which can be fatal in up to 88 per cent of cases without ...

Tedros's comments came as Tanzania confirmed an outbreak of Marburg disease in northwestern Kagera region. At least nine suspected cases have already been reported and eight people have died.

The emergence of this case in a region that experienced Tanzania's first-ever Marburg outbreak in March 2023 has raised concerns about cross-border transmission, particularly following Rwanda's ...