Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is actively supporting the response to an outbreak of Marburg virus in Tanzania's Kagera region, which is being led by the Ministry of Health. The outbreak was declared ...

Ugandan officials are preparing to deploy a trial vaccine as part of efforts to stem an outbreak of Ebola in the capital, ...

In a statement, Dr. Richard Dawood, an adviser to the African Travel & Tourism Association, said, "For the vast majority of tourist activities, the risk is virtually zero." ...

The Foreign Office has issued a warning to people planning a winter sun trip amid a deadly outbreak of a virus that can kill ...

The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), has announced plans to mobilize immediate support, to help Tanzania combat ...

A new outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus has gripped Tanzania, in the African subcontinent claiming at least eight lives. The outbreak was reported from north-western Kagera region after one ...

One "confirmed case of Marburg virus marks the second outbreak" in ... The case was recorded in the northwestern Kagera region, which borders Uganda and Rwanda. Kagera was the site of the ...

On Jan. 20, Tanzania declared an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus disease in Biharamulo District in the northwestern part of the country’s Kagera Region. The announcement comes after public ...

Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has confirmed a Marburg virus outbreak in the country’s Kagera region, despite initial denials from the health ministry. She revealed there is one ...

Arusha: Tanzania's president said Monday that one sample from a remote part of northern Tanzania tested positive for Marburg disease, a highly infectious virus ... of Marburg in Kagera since ...

Tanzania has officially declared an outbreak of the Marburg virus in its remote Kagera region, following initial dismissals of earlier reports. The announcement was made by President Samia Suluhu ...

Marburg virus outbreaks have a fatality rate of between 24% and 88%. The worst recorded outbreak was in Angola in 2004-2005, where the above picture was taken. (Image Credits: Reuters) Marburg ...