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Hospital nurse in Uganda dies in country's first Ebola outbreak in 2 years
A nurse in Uganda has died of Ebola in the first recorded fatality since the country's last outbreak of the disease ended in ...
Nine dead of Ebola-like ‘eye-bleeding disease’ with mortality rate of 90% in fresh outbreak triggering ‘pandemic fears’
NINE people have died in an outbreak of an eye-bleeding disease in Tanzania, Africa’s health agency has announced. This ...
A sample from a remote Tanzanian region tests positive for Marburg disease, confirming WHO fears
Tanzania’s president says one sample from a remote northern part of the country has tested positive for Marburg disease.
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Tanzania Declares Marburg Virus Disease Outbreak in Kagera Region; WHO Steps In for Rapid Response
Dr. Tedros highlighted the collaborative effort, stating, “WHO is committed to supporting Tanzania in bringing this outbreak ...
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Fears new Ebola-like ‘eye-bleeding disease’ outbreak that’s killed 8 might spread globally as more cases ‘expected’
"Kagera region, while not close to Tanzania's capital ... "We do not recommend travel or trade restrictions with Tanzania at this time." Like Ebola, the Marburg virus originates in fruit bats ...
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Tanzania confirms outbreak of highly infectious Ebola-like virus
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 ...
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Tanzania Battles Deadly Marburg Virus As 8 Lives Are Claimed; Africa CDC Takes Action
The Marburg virus is a highly virulent pathogen belonging to the same family as the Ebola virus ... also in the Kagera region. That outbreak resulted in nine cases, including six fatalities ...
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Potential Ebola outbreak reported in DRC at a time of strained U.S.-WHO relations
A potential Ebola outbreak has been reported in a western part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in what would be the second viral hemorrhagic fever outbreak in the region at a time when ...