Tanzania's health Minister Ummy Mwalimu has confirmed a mysterious disease that has killed five people to be the Marburg virus. "Our public health laboratory results have confirmed that this ...

The Marburg virus is a relative of the Ebola virus ... Equatorial Guinea declared a Marburg outbreak on February 13 and Tanzania confirmed the outbreak on March 21, according to US CDC.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), on average, the Marburg virus kills half of the people it infects, with previous outbreaks ... people have died in Tanzania's north-western ...

the emergency response can be rapidly accelerated so that we can save lives and stop the virus as soon as possible,” said WHO Regional Director for Africa Matshidiso Moeti. “Marburg is highly ...

On March 21, 2023, Tanzania government officials declared the first Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) outbreak within the Kagera region. CDC’s Tanzania country office worked with partners to ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has rebuked Tanzania for failing to provide information about possible Ebola virus infections ... suspected or confirmed cases. The latest outbreak has killed ...

A mystery disease which has killed up to 17 people in Uganda has been confirmed as anthrax, health officials said. The ...

The Ebola virus disease outbreak now ravaging parts of West Africa is the largest on record ... and Senegal), causing 4293 suspected and confirmed cases and claiming 2296 lives (as of September ...

The World Health Organization said it has confirmed ... of central and west Africa for decades, where it mostly jumped into humans from infected rodents and caused limited outbreaks.

Countries of Tanzania and Equatorial Guinea reports cases and fatalities from the deadly Marburg Virus. The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned about the possible impacts of the outbreak on ...