SEVEN people have tested positive and two have died from a highly contagious strain of Ebola in Uganda, as scientists race to develop a lifesaving vaccine. This marks a sharp increase from the two ...

Rwanda faced a Marburg virus outbreak among health workers in the capital Kigali, challenging the nation's health system and ...

Similar to Ebola, the Marburg virus is believed to originate in fruit ... A medical worker disinfects a tent used for suspected Ebola victims in the village of Madudu in Uganda on Nov. 1, 2022.

On Tuesday, the WHO said it had received reliable reports of suspected cases of Marburg virus in the region of Kagera on Jan. 10. Victims had presented with typical Marburg symptoms, including ...

but it still hasn't been officially confirmed that the outbreak has been caused my Marburg virus. Health authorities also raced to identify people who've come in contact with the victims ...

Victims had presented with typical Marburg symptoms ... and is from the same virus family as the one responsible for Ebola, which is transmitted to people from fruit bats endemic to parts of ...

Marburg virus disease is an infectious ... The horrifying disease often kills its victims through blood loss or shock and you can be infected without symptoms for 21 days while the disease ...

Advertisement The last Marburg outbreak in Tanzania came in March 2023 when six people died from the virus in the Bukoba ... Marburg cases in Tanzania with victims suffering from identifiable ...