Tanzanian President Samia Sululu Hassan confirmed an outbreak of Marburg virus after its health ministry had previously denied the spread.

Officials previously questioned whether the deadly disease was indeed present in the African country, which had seen 8 suspected Marburg deaths.

Tanzania’s president says one sample from a remote northern part of the country has tested positive for Marburg disease.

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan announced a confirmed case of the Marburg virus in the country. The diagnosis came after laboratory tests conducted in Kagera and confirmed in Dar es Salaam. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attended the press conference in Dodoma.

Tanzania has confirmed an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus in its northwest region. President Hassan and WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus addressed the situation, highlighting response efforts and funds allocated to contain the virus.

Tanzania’s President, Samia Suluhu Hassan has announced that health officials have identified a positive case of the Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) in Biharamuro District, located in the northern Kagera Region close to Uganda.

Tanzania has pushed back against a report from the World Health Organization warning of a new Marburg virus outbreak in the country.

Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of ... The WHO assessed the risk of the Marburg virus spreading in the region as high due to Kagera's strategic location as a transit hub ...

The World Health Organization said Wednesday an outbreak of suspected Marburg disease has killed ... 8 people who have died," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a statement.

The World Health Organization said Tuesday that a suspected outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus in Tanzania ... improves," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on X. nl/js

Tanzania is grappling with a new outbreak do the deadly Marburg virus disease which has already claimed at least eight lives in the north-western Kagera region.