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EAC supports Tanzania in containing Marburg virus outbreak in Kagera region
The East African Community (EAC) has extended its support to Tanzania and other stakeholders following the confirmation of a ...
Nine dead in new outbreak of 'eye-bleeding' virus with 90 per cent mortality rate - world health experts raise alarm
The virus has already infected ten people since the nation officially announced the outbreak last week. Of these infections ...
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Death toll from Tanzania Marburg outbreak rises to nine
Nairobi: An outbreak of the Marburg virus has killed nine people in Tanzania ... It is transmitted from fruit bats and belongs to the same family of viruses as Ebola. With a fatality rate that ...
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 ...
Uganda confirms Ebola outbreak after death of nurse in capital
Uganda has reported an outbreak of Ebola following the death of a nurse from the virus in the capital Kampala.
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Tanzania Confirms Second Marburg Outbreak After WHO Chief Visit
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 ...
Bats harbor tons of deadly viruses but don't get sick. Scientists may have just discovered why
Yet until recently, scientists didn’t fully understand why bats are so good at harboring pathogens that don’t seem to harm ...
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Why do bats play host to so many viruses?
Bats harbor many viruses that can spill over into humans, including Marburg, Ebola, and famously SARS-CoV-2. But while these ...
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Tanzania Battles Deadly Marburg Virus As 8 Lives Are Claimed; Africa CDC Takes Action
Tanzania is grappling with another outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus, which has claimed at least eight lives in the north-western Kagera region. The confirmation came after a laboratory in ...