In the African region, previous outbreaks and sporadic cases have been reported in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Equatorial Guinea, Rwanda, South Africa, and Uganda.

Tanzania's president has announced an outbreak of Marburg virus, an Ebola-like virus, just a week after her health minister denied that there were any cases in the country. President Samia Suluhu ...

An outbreak of Marburg virus disease has been confirmed in Tanzania ... the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Equatorial Guinea, Rwanda, South Africa, and Uganda.

On average, the Marburg virus kills half of the people it infects, according to the WHO. In March 2023, Tanzania's Bukoba district experienced its first Marburg virus outbreak, which killed about ...

The US withdrawal from the WHO will have a severe impact on HIV, polio and many other health programmes on the African ...

West African nation of Ghana has confirmed first cases of the deadly Marburg virus from two people in the southern Ashanti region. This comes days after Ghana reported two suspected cases of the ...

The United Republic of Tanzania has confirmed an outbreak of the Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) in the Kagera region, located in the northwest of the country.

Ghana, Kenya, Equatorial Guinea, Rwanda, South Africa and Uganda. Marburg virus is transmitted to people from fruit bats and spreads among humans through direct contact with the bodily fluids of ...

Marburg virus, which is from the same family as the ... outbreaks in West Africa have occurred for the first time in Guinea in 2021, Ghana in 2022 and in Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania in 2023.

WHO said that Marburg virus disease is highly virulent and causes ... the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Equatorial Guinea, Rwanda, South Africa and Uganda.