Rwanda faced a Marburg virus outbreak among health workers in the capital Kigali, challenging the nation's health system and ...

The Tanzanian government is taking decisive action to combat the resurgence of Marburg virus disease (MVD), implementing ...

Early reports circulated by the World Health Organisation (WHO) indicated that eight people had died in the suspected outbreak, that it was unmistakably the Marburg virus disease. The WHO leadership ...

But the coronavirus causes COVID, while the influenza virus causes the flu. COVID also spreads faster than the flu and remains contagious for longer periods. Both illnesses cause symptoms such ...

The Marburg virus, a close relative of Ebola, is a deadly disease that causes haemorrhaging and has a high mortality rate. This virus has recently resurfaced in Tanzania, infecting nine people and ...

“We are happy to confirm that currently, there is no reported case of Marburg Virus Disease in Kenya.” The PS added that surveillance has also been enhanced countrywide in all counties and at ...

One “confirmed case of Marburg virus marks the second outbreak” in Tanzania since 2023, the president told a press briefing broadcast from the capital Dodoma on Monday. Marburg causes a highly ...

Marburg virus outbreaks have a fatality rate of between 24% and 88%. The worst recorded outbreak was in Angola in 2004-2005, where the above picture was taken. (Image Credits: Reuters) Marburg ...

Tanzania has confirmed an outbreak of Marburg virus disease after one person tested positive in the Kagera region. President Samia Suluhu Hassan made the announcement during a press briefing ...

Tanzania has confirmed a new case of Marburg virus disease in the northwestern Kagera region, following 25 negative tests. Dozens of individuals remain under observation as the government works to ...

A deadly virus which leaves patients with bleeding eyes has swept parts of a country following an outbreak. Tanzania president Samia Suluhu Hassan declared an outbreak after one case of Marburg ...