Africa CDC Joins Forces to Contain the Virus ... This is not Tanzania’s first encounter with the Marburg virus. The country reported its first outbreak in March 2023, also in the Kagera region.

ADDIS ABABA, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has called for "immediate action" to address the "unprecedented convergence of crises" that threaten ...

Nairobi: An outbreak of the Marburg virus has killed nine people in Tanzania, Africa's health agency said Thursday, up from eight suspected deaths reported by the World Health Organization last week.

In January 2025, Uganda ruled out imposing new lockdown measures despite global health concerns. It stressed its confidence in its health system. The TikTok video claiming to show a recent Marburg ...

In a statement, Dr. Richard Dawood, an adviser to the African Travel & Tourism Association, said, "For the vast majority of tourist activities, the risk is virtually zero." ...

The first outbreaks occurred in 1967 in lab workers in Germany and Yugoslavia who were working with African green monkeys imported from Uganda. The virus was identified in a lab in Marburg ...

Tanzania is witnessing another outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus and has confirmed at least nine deaths as of Friday.

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 ...

Dr Stephanie Psaki warns that decisions by the Trump administration may introduce deadly diseases to the US, such as the ...

Tanzania is witnessing another outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus and has confirmed at least ... from Tanzania and other countries in Africa. The principal secretary for public health and ...