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

Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan confirmed on Monday that there was a new outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus in the East African country.

Tanzania has confirmed a new case of Marburg virus disease in the northwestern Kagera region, following 25 negative tests. Dozens of individuals remain under observation as the government works to contain the outbreak.

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

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

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...