KAGERA Regional Commissioner Fatma Mwasa has urged journalists to serve as effective ambassadors in educating the public ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) reported a suspected outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) in the Kagera region of ...

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

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

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

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

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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 ...

Tanzania has confirmed a new case of Marburg virus disease in the northwestern Kagera region, following 25 negative tests.

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

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

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