Tanzania has denied a Marburg virus outbreak following WHO reports confirming all suspected cases have tested negative Read ...

A suspected Marburg virus outbreak in Tanzania has been linked to nine cases and eight deaths, according to WHO.

Tanzania has denied WHO's report on a suspected Marburg virus outbreak, confirming all cases in Kagera tested negative ...

Following reports of suspected cases of viral haemorrhagic fever in Tanzania, World Health Organization (WHO) has enhanced its readiness to support the government as it takes measures to investigate ...

The UN Security Council on Thursday passed a resolution to renew the mandate of the Panel of Experts (PoE) of the 1970 Libya ...

With the fatality rate of 8% it is the same virus family as Ebola. The main carrier is from fruit bats which spreads to ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has also warned that outbreaks caused by zoonotic pathogens are rising. An increase of 63% has been recorded from 2012 - 2022, compared to 2001-2011. The threat, ...

In 2023, Marburg outbreaks in Tanzania and Equatorial Guinea killed dozens of people. Jean Kaseya, director general of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC ...

Marburg outbreaks and isolated cases have previously been reported in Tanzania, Equatorial Guinea, Angola, Congo, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda and Ghana. The virus was first identified in 1967 ...

Tropical cyclone Chido – which devastated the French territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean leaving thousands feared dead - hit Cabo Delgado province on 15 December, killing 120 people and injuring ...

Marburg outbreaks and individual cases have in the past been recorded in Tanzania, Equatorial Guinea, Angola, Congo, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda and Ghana. The virus was first identified in 1967 ...