Ugandan officials are preparing to deploy a trial vaccine as part of efforts to stem an outbreak of Ebola in the capital, ...

In a statement, Dr. Richard Dawood, an adviser to the African Travel & Tourism Association, said, "For the vast majority of tourist activities, the risk is virtually zero." ...

A new outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus has gripped Tanzania, in the African subcontinent claiming at least eight lives. The outbreak was reported from north-western Kagera region after one ...

One "confirmed case of Marburg virus marks the second outbreak" in ... The case was recorded in the northwestern Kagera region, which borders Uganda and Rwanda. Kagera was the site of the ...

Tanzania previously reported an outbreak of Marburg in March 2023 – the country’s first – in Kagera region, in which a total of nine cases (eight confirmed and one probable) and six deaths ...

On Jan. 20, Tanzania declared an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus disease in Biharamulo District in the northwestern part of the country’s Kagera Region. The announcement comes after public ...

Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has confirmed a Marburg virus outbreak in the country’s Kagera region, despite initial denials from the health ministry. She revealed there is one ...

Arusha: Tanzania's president said Monday that one sample from a remote part of northern Tanzania tested positive for Marburg disease, a highly infectious virus ... of Marburg in Kagera since ...

Tanzania has officially declared an outbreak of the Marburg virus in its remote Kagera region, following initial dismissals of earlier reports. The announcement was made by President Samia Suluhu ...

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’s president said Monday that one sample from a remote part of northern Tanzania tested positive for Marburg disease, a highly infectious virus which can be fatal in up to 88% of cases ...

On January 14, The World Health Organisation (WHO) reported a suspected outbreak of Marburg virus had killed eight people in the Kagera region. The Kagera region borders Rwanda, which also ...