The new case in Tanzania highlights the ongoing risk posed by Marburg in the region, with both countries working to monitor ...

The government, through the Ministry of Health, has outlined measures to curb the spread of the Marburg virus after the cases ...

Eight people have been killed in a suspected outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus disease in the Kagera region of Tanzania, according to the World Health Organization. Nine cases have been ...

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The largest outbreak on record occurred in 2005 in Angola, when 329 people died. A fruit bat is seen at Bristol Zoo in England on Wednesday Aug. 31, 2022. Similar to Ebola, the Marburg virus is ...

Tanzania has confirmed a new case of Marburg virus disease in the northwestern Kagera region, following 25 negative tests.

The World Health Organization says an outbreak of suspected Marburg disease ... Like Ebola, the Marburg virus originates in fruit bats and spreads between people through close contact with the ...

GENEVA: Cautioning about the "high risk" of deadly Marburg Virus Disease’s (MVD) further spread in Tanzania, the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday said the suspected virus outbreak had ...

Jan. 16 (UPI) --Tanzania pushed back against a report from the World Health Organization warning of a new Marburg virus outbreak in the country. Tanzania's Health Minister Jenista Mhagama said ...

Suspected Outbreak of Marburg Virus Kills Eight in Tanzania, WHO Says NAIROBI (Reuters) - A suspected outbreak of the Marburg virus in northwest Tanzania has infected nine people, killing eight of ...

NAIROBI, Jan 15 (Reuters) - A suspected outbreak of the Marburg virus in northwest Tanzania has infected nine people, killing eight of them, the World Health Organization has said, weeks after an ...

Some of the victims are healthcare workers, who are at considerable risk in the early days of a Marburg outbreak. The virus spreads among humans through direct contact with bodily fluids such as ...