Tanzania’s president said Monday that one sample from a remote part of northern Tanzania tested positive for Marburg disease, a highly infectious virus which can be fatal in up to 88% of cases without treatment.

The World Health Organization (WHO) reported a suspected outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) in the Kagera region of northwestern Tanzania, with nine people reportedly infected, of whom eight have died.

Tanzania’s president says one sample from a remote northern part of the country has tested positive for Marburg disease, a highly infectious virus which can be fatal in more than 88% of cases without

Tanzania’s President, Samia Suluhu Hassan has announced that health officials have identified a positive case of the Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) in Biharamuro District, located in the northern Kagera Region close to Uganda.

Tanzania has pushed back against a report from the World Health Organization warning of a new Marburg virus outbreak in the country.

Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan has confirmed an outbreak of the Marburg virus, with a single case identified. Laboratory tests were conducted and confirmed in Kagera and Dar es Salaam. The announcement was made during a press conference attended by WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

In March 2023, Tanzania experienced its first outbreak of Marburg virus disease, a rare and deadly hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola. That outbreak also occurred in the Kagera region, which borders Uganda and Rwanda.

Tanzania's president Samia Suluhu Hassan has confirmed a case of Marburg virus disease in a remote part of the country. It comes after the health minister rejected that there were any cases in the country.

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