An outbreak of the Marburg virus has killed nine people in Tanzania, Africa's health agency said Thursday, up from eight ...

Marburg disease, a highly infectious virus which can be fatal in up to 88% of cases without treatment, originates in fruit ...

The Ministry of Health and Kyotera District Health authorities are intensifying surveillance operations at Mutukula border-post, and other entry points following an outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease ...

Health chiefs have sounded the alarm over a suspected outbreak of the deadly “eye-bleeding disease” Marburg virus after eight people died. Symptoms include aches and pains, high fever ...

The Tanzanian government has denied reports by the World Health Organsation (WHO) of a suspected new outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus in the northwestern Kagera region, insisting that all ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has reported a suspected outbreak of Marburg virus in Tanzania’s Kagera region, where eight people have died after contracting the viral infection. “On 10 January ...

This is after the World Health Organisation put Kenya and five other countries on high alert over Marburg disease. The report claimed the death of eight people in the Kagera region, in Tanzania.

Uganda is on high alert following a suspected Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak in neighboring Tanzania that has left eight people dead, a health official said here Wednesday. Henry Kyobe Bosa ...

A suspected outbreak of the deadly Marburg disease in northwestern Tanzania has the country and its neighbours on edge. At least nine possible cases of the Ebola-like virus have been reported ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a Level 3 travel advisory for Rwanda due to an outbreak of the Marburg virus. Marburg virus disease, or MVD, is a serious, often fatal ...

A suspected outbreak of Marburg virus disease (MVD) in Tanzania’s Kagera region has reportedly infected nine people and claimed eight lives, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

Marburg has a fatality rate of as high as 88 per cent. The WHO had cautioned that the risk of the suspected virus spreading in the region was "high" as Kagera is a transit hub to several countries.