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.
Tanzania has confirmed a new case of Marburg virus disease in the northwestern Kagera region, following 25 negative tests.
One "confirmed case of Marburg virus marks the second outbreak" in Tanzania since 2023, President Samia Suluhu Hassan said.
President Samia Suluhu Hassan spoke in Dodoma, the capital, alongside World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. WHO was the first to report on Jan. 14 a suspected ...