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

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The World Health Organization speculated that a mass poisoning event was behind the deaths of 60 people. But African experts ...

Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has confirmed a new outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus in the East African country.

Like Ebola, the Marburg virus originates in fruit bats and spreads ... This story has been corrected to show that Tanzania’s president spoke in Dodoma, not Dar es Salaam.

Tanzania’s president has confirmed an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus disease (MVD), a highly ... in the country’s administrative capital Dodoma. The announcement came after the WHO ...

WHO advises against restrictions. Now is the time for collaboration." According to the WHO Marburg virus disease - formerly known as Marburg haemorrhagic fever - is a severe, often fatal illness ...

President Samia Suluhu Hassan spoke in Dodoma, the capital ... Like Ebola, the Marburg virus originates in fruit bats and spreads between people through close contact with the bodily fluids ...

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 ...