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

Tanzania faces a deadly Marburg virus outbreak claiming 8 lives in Kagera Learn about the virus containment efforts and ...

KAGERA Regional Commissioner Fatma Mwasa has urged journalists to serve as effective ambassadors in educating the public about Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) by focusing on dispelling fears and ...

Tanzania's government said no-one in the country had tested positive for the Marburg virus after the World Health ...

Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan confirmed on Monday that there was a new outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus in the ...

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The disease is a close cousin of Ebola, causing similar symptoms and spreading in the same way. It can cause death in up to ...

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

Tanzania's president said a sample tested positive for the Marburg virus, which has a fatality rate of up to 88 percent if untreated.

A case of the bleeding virus Marburg has been confirmed in Tanzania, a week after authorities denied there was an outbreak.

Tanzania has pushed back against a report from the World Health Organization warning of a new Marburg virus outbreak in the ...

Tanzania has confirmed a Marburg outbreak after one sample tested positive, following earlier denials and a prior outbreak in ...