Tanzania has confirmed an outbreak of Marburg virus disease following the identification of a positive case in the north-western Kagera region. President Samia Suluhu Hassan announced it during a ...

Tanzania's president has announced an outbreak of Marburg virus, an Ebola-like virus ... conference on Monday that health authorities had confirmed one case of Marburg in the north-western ...

Tanzania’s president has confirmed an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus disease (MVD), a highly infectious virus like Ebola that can be fatal in up to 88 per cent of cases without treatment.

DAR ES SALAAM, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Tanzanian health authorities on Thursday declared the end of the country's second Marburg virus ... second outbreak of MVD in two years. This marked Tanzania's ...

A suspected Marburg virus outbreak in Tanzania has been linked to nine cases and eight deaths, according to WHO. If confirmed, it would be the second Marburg virus outbreak in the country since 2023.

Health officials continue to monitor an outbreak of Marburg virus ... case in Rwanda was confirmed in September. As of Nov. 29, the country had reported 66 cases of the virus and 15 deaths.

Health experts say the outbreak in Rwanda was confirmed in late September 2024. This is the first time the virus has been ... Rwanda's neighbours Uganda and Tanzania reported Marburg outbreaks ...

A Marburg outbreak can be declared over if there are no new cases reported for a period of at least 21 days — the incubation period of the virus, according to Africa CDC Director General Dr ...

The Marburg virus, often referred to as the “bleeding eye” virus, is currently causing concern as it circulates in Rwanda. With a high mortality rate and alarming symptoms, health officials ...

By Annie Correal and April Rubin Rwanda is in the midst of an outbreak of ... South Africa and Uganda, according to the World Health Organization. The Marburg virus is the pathogen that causes ...

Eleven people have died in Rwanda from the highly contagious Marburg virus ... been confirmed, the country's health ministry reported Tuesday, just days after the country declared an outbreak ...