Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan announced on Monday that a sample from a remote part of northern Tanzania has tested positive for the highly contagious Marburg ... the virus, making it ...

Rwanda faced a Marburg virus outbreak among health workers in the capital Kigali, challenging the nation's health system and ...

Two districts in the northwest Kagera region of Tanzania have reported outbreaks of the Marburg virus, known for its ... to have been "identified and under follow-up in both districts." ...

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.

Eight people have died in Tanzania’s Kagera region following a suspected outbreak of the Marburg ... the virus to others, underscoring the disease’s relatively low transmissibility under ...

16 (UPI) --Tanzania pushed back against a report from the World Health Organization warning of a new Marburg virus outbreak in ... Jr., the president's son, is under fire for allegedly killing ...

Contact persons are under follow-up in the affected districts to prevent further spread. Marburg virus infection spreads through direct contact with infected bodily fluids such as blood ...

There have been nine suspected cases and eight deaths in a suspected Marburg virus outbreak ... who may have been exposed to the virus and are under follow-up. WHO said the Kagera region of ...

21 (UPI) --Tanzanian President Samia Sululu Hassan confirmed an outbreak of Marburg virus after its health ministry ... Donald Trump Jr., the president's son, is under fire for allegedly killing ...

East Africa continues to grapple with the growing threat of deadly viruses, with the Marburg virus now posing a significant ... healthcare worker strikes and under-resourced primary health facilities.

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