The source of the outbreak is still unknown and additional cases are expected, health officials said. View on euronews ...

Following reports of suspected cases of viral haemorrhagic fever in Tanzania, World Health Organization (WHO) has enhanced its readiness to support the government as it takes measures to investigate ...

Tanzanian authorities deny Marburg virus presence after WHO reports deaths, with laboratory tests returning negative.

The UN Security Council on Thursday passed a resolution to renew the mandate of the Panel of Experts (PoE) of the 1970 Libya ...

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday that there are no confirmed cases of Marburg virus in ...

With the fatality rate of 8% it is the same virus family as Ebola. The main carrier is from fruit bats which spreads to ...

KAMPALA, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- Uganda has intensified border surveillance with neighboring Tanzania following a suspected Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak that has claimed eight lives, a senior ...

Following a World Health Organization (WHO) alert 2 days ago about a suspected Marburg virus outbreak in Tanzania, the ...

The World Health Organisation warned that the risk of the outbreak spreading to neighbouring countries is high.

Tropical cyclone Chido – which devastated the French territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean leaving thousands feared dead - hit Cabo Delgado province on 15 December, killing 120 people and injuring ...

Tanzania has rejected a World Health Organization (WHO) report of a suspected Marburg virus outbreak in the Kagera region.

East Africa continues to grapple with the growing threat of deadly viruses, with the Marburg virus now posing a significant ...