Deadly Ebola virus spreads in African state
Ugandan authorities have confirmed the Sudan strain in Kampala following a patients death Uganda has confirmed an Ebola ...
Hospital nurse in Uganda dies in country's first Ebola outbreak in 2 years
A nurse in Uganda has died of Ebola in the first recorded fatality since the country's last outbreak of the disease ended in ...
Nine dead of Ebola-like ‘eye-bleeding disease’ with mortality rate of 90% in fresh outbreak triggering ‘pandemic fears’
NINE people have died in an outbreak of an eye-bleeding disease in Tanzania, Africa’s health agency has announced. This ...
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EAC supports Tanzania in containing Marburg virus outbreak in Kagera region
The East African Community (EAC) has extended its support to Tanzania and other stakeholders following the confirmation of a ...
A sample from a remote Tanzanian region tests positive for Marburg disease, confirming WHO fears
Tanzania’s president says one sample from a remote northern part of the country has tested positive for Marburg disease.
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Fears new Ebola-like ‘eye-bleeding disease’ outbreak that’s killed 8 might spread globally as more cases ‘expected’
"Kagera region, while not close to Tanzania's capital ... "We do not recommend travel or trade restrictions with Tanzania at this time." Like Ebola, the Marburg virus originates in fruit bats ...
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Tanzania confirms outbreak of highly infectious Ebola-like virus
Marburg virus, like Ebola, transmits to people from fruit ... This is the second outbreak of the virus in Tanzania’s Kagera region since 2023. A total of nine suspected cases were reported ...