Suspected Marburg outbreak kills 8 in Tanzania

Outbreak Kills 8, Suspected Marburg Virus Has Terrifying 88% Fatality Rate
WHO reported Wednesday that a suspected outbreak of Marburg disease has claimed eight lives in a remote region of northern Tanzania.
What Is Marburg Virus? Eight Killed In Suspected Outbreak In Tanzania
Nine cases of the deadly disease have been reported in the Kagera region of Tanzania so far. But officials expect that number to rise.
Tanzania denies new Marburg outbreak
Tanzania has pushed back against a report from the World Health Organization warning of a new Marburg virus outbreak in the country.
Tanzania denies suspected outbreak of deadly Marburg virus
Tanzania’s Health Minister, Jenista Mhagama, said after samples of suspected cases were tested, they were found to be negative for the Ebola-like virus.
What Is Marburg Virus? The Outbreak In Tanzania Claims Eight Lives
Marburg virus disease, caused by a virus from the same family as Ebola, has a fatality rate of up to 88% without treatment.
Tanzania deploys team to Kagera following suspected Marburg virus outbreak
Tanzania’s Ministry of Health has deployed a team of experts to the Kagera region to collect specimens and conduct laboratory tests following reports of a suspected outbreak of Marburg virus
Tanzania Reports No Marburg Virus Cases Amid WHO Concerns
Tanzania's health minister, Jenista Mhagama, announced that no one in the country tested positive for the Marburg virus despite WHO's concerns after reports of suspected cases. Tanzania had earlier experienced its first outbreak in 2023,
WHO says suspected outbreak of Marburg disease kills 8 in a remote part of Tanzania
The World Health Organization says an outbreak of suspected Marburg disease has killed eight people in a remote part of northern Tanzania
Tanzania says no sign of Marburg outbreak in the country
Tanzania's government said no-one in the country had tested positive for the Marburg virus after the World Health Organization (WHO) said at least eight people in the northwest were believed to have died from it.
Tanzania denies suspected Marburg outbreak after WHO alert
Tanzania has dismissed a World Health Organisation (WHO) report of a suspected new outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg virus in the north-west of the country. On Tuesday, the global health agency said a total of nine suspected cases were reported over the last five days in the Kagera region,
Marburg Suspected to Have Killed Eight People in Tanzania, WHO Says
The deadly Marburg Virus Disease is suspected to have infected as many as nine people — including eight fatally — in Tanzania’s Kagera region, the World Health Organization said.
What is Marburg virus? The Ebola-like disease behind deaths in Tanzania
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Tanzania Declares Marburg Negative After WHO Alerts
Tanzania reported no Marburg virus cases after WHO suspected an outbreak in northwest Kagera. Health Minister Jenista Mhagama ...
Suspected outbreak of Marburg virus kills eight in Tanzania, WHO says
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'Bleeding eyes' virus with no vaccine or cure kills eight after outbreak in new country
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