NINE people have died in an outbreak of an eye-bleeding disease in Tanzania, Africa’s health agency has announced. This exceeds the eight suspected deaths reported by the World Health

The East African Community (EAC) has extended its support to Tanzania and other stakeholders following the confirmation of a Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) outbreak in the Kagera Region, North-Western Tanzania.

Tanzania’s president says one sample from a remote northern part of the country has tested positive for Marburg disease.

Marburg virus, like Ebola, transmits to people from fruit ... This is the second outbreak of the virus in Tanzania’s Kagera region since 2023. A total of nine suspected cases were reported ...

Dr. Tedros highlighted the collaborative effort, stating, “WHO is committed to supporting Tanzania in bringing this outbreak under control while working toward a healthier and safer future for all.”

a highly infectious disease similar to Ebola. Of these, nine have died – reflecting the virus's 90 per cent mortality rate. The cases were reported in the Kagera region of Tanzania. Located in ...

A nurse in Uganda has died of Ebola in the first recorded fatality since the country’s last outbreak of the disease ended in early 2023, a health official said Thursday.

A nurse in Uganda has died of Ebola, the first fatality since the last outbreak ended in 2023. The health ministry is tracing 44 contacts and urges vigilance.

A 32-year-old male nurse at Mulago Hospital in the Ugandan capital Kampala has died of Ebola, health officials said Thursday, adding that at least 44 of his contacts had so far been identified. Uganda’s last outbreak of the disease,

The Marburg virus is a highly virulent pathogen belonging to the same family as the Ebola virus ... also in the Kagera region. That outbreak resulted in nine cases, including six fatalities ...

A potential Ebola outbreak has been reported in a western part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in what would be the second viral hemorrhagic fever outbreak in the region at a time when ...