BUKOBA: IN efforts to control the spread of Marburg Virus Disease (MVD), radio presenters from 14 stations based in the Lake Zone Regions namely Mwanza, Kigoma, Shinyanga, Kagera, Simiyu and Mara have ...

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South Africa and Uganda. Marburg virus is transmitted to people from fruit bats and spreads among humans through direct contact with the bodily fluids of infected people, surfaces and materials.

The Marburg virus, a highly infectious Ebola-like disease, has a fatality rate of 50% and no approved vaccine or treatment. Founded in 1996, iAfrica stands as one of South Africa's most enduring ...

Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has confirmed a Marburg virus outbreak in the ... Founded in 1996, iAfrica stands as one of South Africa's most enduring portals. In 2018, Africa.com ...

An outbreak of Marburg virus disease has been confirmed in Tanzania ... Equatorial Guinea, Rwanda, South Africa, and Uganda. A health worker during the Marburg vaccination activity in Kigali ...

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.