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DODOMA: PRESIDENT Samia Suluhu Hassan has assured the global community that Tanzania remains safe and open for

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 Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

Lab tests identified one patient as being infected by the virus, Samia Suluhu Hassan says. The viral hemorrhagic fever has a fatality rate as high as 88%, and is from the same virus family as the one

Tanzanian President Samia Sululu Hassan confirmed an outbreak of Marburg virus after its health ministry had previously denied the spread.

Tanzania's government said no-one in the country had tested positive for the Marburg virus after the World Health Organization (WHO) said at least eight people in the northwest were believed to have died from it.

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 has confirmed an outbreak of Marburg virus disease in the northwestern Kagera region after one person tested positive for the virus following investigations and laboratory analysis of suspected cases of the disease.

Tanzania has confirmed a new case of Marburg virus disease in the northwestern Kagera region, following 25 negative tests. Dozens of individuals remain under observation as the government works to contain the outbreak.

The African state?s president has revealed one confirmed Marburg virus case and negative tests for other suspects Tanzania has confirmed a

Tanzania ’s president has confirmed an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus disease (MVD), a highly infectious virus like Ebola that can be fatal in up to 88 per cent of cases without treatment.