Tanzania’s Ministry of Health has deployed a team of experts to the Kagera region to collect specimens and conduct laboratory tests following reports of a suspected outbreak of Marburg virus ...

Kagera, a major transit hub, sees frequent movement of people to and from neighboring countries such as the Democratic ...

Marburg virus can spread between people through direct contact or via blood and other bodily fluids of infected people.

Officials previously questioned whether the deadly disease was indeed present in the African country, which had seen 8 suspected Marburg deaths.

Tanzania's president has announced an outbreak of Marburg virus, an Ebola-like virus, just a week after her health minister ...

The Kagera region is a transit hub, and the detection and isolation of infected people has been “delayed,” the WHO said. The risk of infection is currently high in Tanzania and the broader region – ...

After up to five days of fever, patients begin to suffer damage to their blood vessels, which can cause internal bleeding, psychological symptoms such as confusion and aggression, and persistent ...

The minister noted that as of January 15th , this year, laboratory results for all suspected individuals tested negative for ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned of a suspected new outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg virus in north-west Tanzania, saying that at least eight people have already been killed by the ...

Kagera, a major transit hub, sees frequent movement of people to and from neighboring countries such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Burundi, and Rwanda. WHO officials have been ...

The Kagera region, which first experienced an outbreak ... Neighbouring countries Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi, and Congo could potentially face crossborder spread. At least 66 people were infected ...

The WHO cautioned that the risk of the suspected virus spreading in the region remained "high" because Kagera was a transit ... Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda.