WHO reported Wednesday that a suspected outbreak of Marburg disease has claimed eight lives in a remote region of northern Tanzania.

Marburg virus outbreaks have a fatality rate of between 24% and 88%. The worst recorded outbreak was in Angola in 2004-2005, where the above picture was taken. (Image Credits: Reuters) Marburg ...

There have been 15 outbreaks of Marburg between 1967 and 2022. Some involved just one or two cases, while the largest was the 2004 to 2005 outbreak in Angola, when 252 people were infected.

The first Marburg outbreak was reported in Tanzania in March 2023 in the Kagera region. Previous outbreaks of the disease have been reported in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

WHO said that Marburg virus disease is highly ... WHO added that in the African region, previous outbreaks and sporadic cases have been reported in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

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.

“The rumoured Marburg Virus outbreak in Uganda and a possible lock ... (WHO), outbreaks and sporadic cases have been reported in Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea ...

Several outbreaks of MVD were previously reported from Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and also Angola, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, and South Africa. No case of the Marburg virus ...

“The rumoured Marburg Virus outbreak in Uganda and a possible lock down in the ... According to the World Health Organization (WHO), outbreaks and sporadic cases have been reported in Angola, the ...