Health authorities say they've identified at least 44 contacts of the deceased, including 30 hospital staff and patients.

NINE people have died in an outbreak of an eye-bleeding disease in Tanzania, Africa’s health agency has announced. This ...

Uganda has reported an outbreak of Ebola following the death of a nurse from the virus in the capital Kampala.

The East African Community (EAC) has extended its support to Tanzania and other stakeholders following the confirmation of a ...

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

Dr. Tedros highlighted the collaborative effort, stating, “WHO is committed to supporting Tanzania in bringing this outbreak ...

Marburg virus, like Ebola, transmits to people from fruit ... This is the second outbreak of the virus in Tanzania’s Kagera region since 2023. A total of nine suspected cases were reported ...

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." ...

A nurse in Uganda has died of Ebola in the first recorded fatality since the country's last outbreak of the disease ended in ...

a highly infectious disease similar to Ebola. Of these, nine have died – reflecting the virus's 90 per cent mortality rate. The cases were reported in the Kagera region of Tanzania. Located in ...

WHO was the first to report on Jan. 14 a suspected outbreak of Marburg that had killed eight people in Tanzania’s Kagera region ... she said. Like Ebola, the Marburg virus originates in fruit ...