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Tanzania today declared the end of Marburg virus disease outbreak after recording no new cases over 42 days since the death of the last confirmed case on 28 January 2025.
Mystery disease kills more than 50 in DRC: What we know so far Officials have ruled out Ebola or Marburg virus, but say those infected are presenting symptoms of a ‘hemorrhagic fever’.
The ongoing Marburg outbreak in northern Tanzania's Kagera region has killed at least two people, according to local health authorities.
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan officials are preparing to deploy a trial vaccine as part of efforts to stem an outbreak of Ebola in the capital, Kampala, a top health official said Sunday.
The Kagera region borders Rwanda, where 66 cases and 15 deaths were recorded in that country’s first outbreak last year. The outbreak was officially declared over on 20 December 2024.
The ongoing Marburg outbreak in northern Tanzania's Kagera region has killed at least two people, according to local health authorities.
The ongoing Marburg outbreak in northern Tanzania‘s Kagera region has killed at least two people, according to local health authorities.
In Tanzania, Marburg virus, a close cousin of Ebola, is also spreading. At least nine people have died of the hemorrhagic fever this month in the Kagera region, in the country’s rural north-west.
The ongoing Marburg outbreak in northern Tanzania ‘s Kagera region has killed at least two people, according to local health authorities.
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A nurse in Uganda has died of Ebola in the first recorded fatality since the country's last outbreak of the disease ended in early 2023, a health official said Thursday.
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A nurse in Uganda has died of Ebola in the first recorded fatality since the country's last outbreak of the disease ended in early 2023, a health official said Thursday.
The ongoing Marburg outbreak in northern Tanzania 's Kagera region has killed at least two people, according to local health authorities.