Tanzania says no signal of Marburg outbreak within the nation

DAR ES SALAAM, – Tanzania’s authorities stated no-one within the nation had examined constructive for the Marburg virus after the World Well being Group stated a minimum of eight individuals within the northwest have been believed to have died from it.
“As of fifteenth January 2025, laboratory outcomes for all suspected people have been unfavorable for Marburg virus,” Jenista Mhagama, the nation’s well being minister stated in an announcement launched late on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, the WHO stated it had acquired dependable reviews of suspected circumstances of Marburg virus within the area of Kagera on Jan. 10.
Victims had introduced with typical Marburg signs, together with headache, excessive fever, again ache, diarrhoea, vomiting blood, muscle weak point and exterior bleeding.
The viral hemorrhagic fever has a fatality price as excessive as 88%, and is from the identical virus household because the one answerable for Ebola, which is transmitted to individuals from fruit bats endemic to elements of East Africa.
After receiving data on the suspected circumstances, Mhagama stated the ministry took rapid measures, together with the deployment of a crew of consultants to the realm, occasion investigation, the gathering of specimens and laboratory testing.
Tanzania suffered its first Marburg outbreak in 2023, recording 9 circumstances, together with six deaths, in the identical space.
Within the assertion, the minister stated Tanzania had “strengthened illness surveillance programs” in response to the reviews of the outbreak.
Tanzania was criticised through the COVID-19 outbreak for not sharing information on the an infection and ignoring preventive measures.
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