PRESIDENT Samia Suluhu Hassan has reaffirmed that Tanzania will continue to play a vital role to foster international cooperation, driving economic growth, and maintaining peace and security in Africa ...

NINE people have died in an outbreak of an eye-bleeding disease in Tanzania, Africa’s health agency has announced. This ...

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 ...

Tanzania faces a deadly Marburg virus outbreak claiming 8 lives in Kagera Learn about the virus containment efforts and ...

One "confirmed case of Marburg virus marks the second outbreak" in Tanzania since 2023, the president told a press briefing broadcast from the capital Dodoma.

“We have demonstrated in the past our ability to contain a similar outbreak and are determined to do the same this time around,” said Tanzania’s president, Samia Suluhu Hassan, at a press ...

It is transmitted from fruit bats and belongs to the same family of viruses as ebola. With a fatality rate ... Instead, Ms Hassan said authorities had “identified one patient (who) has been ...

(Image Credits: Reuters) Marburg outbreak in Tanzania: Tanzania’s president Samia Suluhu Hassan on Monday announced an outbreak of Marburg virus which is an Ebola-like virus in the country.

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.

President Samia Suluhu Hassan made the announcement during a press ... highly infectious haemorrhagic fever in the same family as Ebola. It is spread by fruit bats and transmitted through direct ...