Tanzania faces a deadly Marburg virus outbreak, claiming 8 lives in Kagera. Learn about the virus, containment efforts, and Africa CDC's swift action to prevent its spread.

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Tanzanian President Samia Sululu Hassan confirmed an outbreak of Marburg virus. File Photo by World Health Organization ...

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Tanzanian President Samia Sululu Hassan confirmed an outbreak of Marburg virus. File Photo by World Health Organization ...

Jan. 21 (UPI) --Tanzanian President Samia Sululu Hassan confirmed an outbreak of Marburg virus after its health ministry had previously denied the spread. Hassan announced the outbreak in a press ...

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 ...

Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan addresses the media after a meeting with World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at State House Chamwino in Dodoma on ...

Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Monday confirmed an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus in the northwest of the country, with one confirmed case so far.

The government of Tanzania denied reports of an outbreak of Marburg virus in the country as WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned cases in the nation could increase. File Photo by ...

FILE - World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus addresses a press conference on the Marburg virus outbreak at the Kigali Convention Center in Kigali, Rwanda, Oct. 20 ...

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“Any decision on trials of [Marburg virus] vaccines and therapeutics will be made by national authorities and researchers in Equatorial Guinea,” said Ghebreyesus.

WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said though Marburg is a very different virus from Sars-CoV-2, many of the elements of the response are the same.