In a statement, Dr. Richard Dawood, an adviser to the African Travel & Tourism Association, said, "For the vast majority of tourist activities, the risk is virtually zero." ...

An outbreak of the Marburg virus has killed nine people in Tanzania, Africa's health agency said Thursday, up from eight ...

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Ugandan officials said the country was on high alert to prevent the spread of Marburg virus disease (MVD) following an ...

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 ...

Marburg causes a highly infectious haemorrhagic fever. It is transmitted from fruit bats and belongs to the same family of viruses as ebola. With a fatality rate that can reach close to 90 per ...

Marburg virus disease presents a serious threat due to its haemorrhagic nature, sharing similarities with Ebola. This virus causes haemorrhagic fever, characterised by fever accompanied by bleeding ...

Tanzania has officially declared an outbreak of the Marburg virus in its remote Kagera region, following initial dismissals of earlier reports. The announcement was made by President Samia Suluhu ...

Tanzania president Samia Suluhu Hassan declared an outbreak after one case of Marburg was confirmed in ... and can leave patients suffering from a fever, vomiting, severe blood loss, diarrhoea ...