The president of Tanzania has confirmed a case of the Marburg virus in the country. Marburg belongs to the same family of illnesses as Ebola and can cause death in up to 88% of cases. President ...

Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan has confirmed an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus in the northwest of the country, with one confirmed case so far.

There have not been any cases in Canada. As long as precautions are taken, there is low risk of contracting Marburg virus disease in a country where the disease is present.

The Tanzanian government has denied reports by the World Health Organsation (WHO) of a suspected new outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus in the northwestern Kagera region, insisting that all ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has reported a suspected outbreak of Marburg virus in Tanzania’s Kagera region, where eight people have died after contracting the viral infection. “On 10 January ...

This is after the World Health Organisation put Kenya and five other countries on high alert over Marburg disease. The report claimed the death of eight people in the Kagera region, in Tanzania.

Uganda is on high alert following a suspected Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak in neighboring Tanzania that has left eight people dead, a health official said here Wednesday. Henry Kyobe Bosa ...

Marburg has a fatality rate of as high as 88 per cent. The WHO had cautioned that the risk of the suspected virus spreading in the region was "high" as Kagera is a transit hub to several countries.

A suspected outbreak of the deadly Marburg disease in northwestern Tanzania has the country and its neighbours on edge. At least nine possible cases of the Ebola-like virus have been reported ...

A suspected outbreak of Marburg virus disease (MVD) in Tanzania’s Kagera region has reportedly infected nine people and claimed eight lives, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

But in a statement, Tanzania's Health Minister Jenista Mhagama said after samples were analysed, all suspected cases were found negative for Marburg virus. She said that the country had ...