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

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Tanzania has confirmed a new case of Marburg virus disease in the northwestern Kagera ... World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, is in the country’s administrative capital Dodoma. The WHO is working with ...

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.

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.

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Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan has declared an outbreak of Marburg virus, confirming a single case in the northwestern region of Kagera after a meeting with WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

Dar es Salaam. President Samia Suluhu Hassan has confirmed that a single case of the Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) has been detected in Biharamulo District, Kagera Region.She assured the public that the country has successfully controlled the spread of the disease.

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

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Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in the country’s administrative capital Dodoma. “Laboratory tests conducted in Kabaile Mobile Laboratory in Kagera and later confirmed in Dar es Salaam identified one patient as being infected with the Marburg virus.

A suspected Marburg virus outbreak in the Kagera region of Tanzania has been linked to nine suspected cases and eight deaths, according to WHO.The agency has classified the risk for regional and national spread to be high;