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Suspected outbreak of Marburg virus kills eight in Tanzania, WHO says
Health officials bury a victim of the Marburg virus disease.
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What you need to know:
- Marburg virus can spread between people through direct contact or via blood and other bodily fluids of infected people, including contaminated bedding or clothing.
- An outbreak in the Kagera region in March 2023 killed six people and lasted for nearly two months.
Nairobi
A suspected outbreak of the Marburg virus in northwest Tanzania has infected nine people, killing eight of them, the World Health Organization has said, weeks after an outbreak of the disease was declared over in neighbouring Rwanda.
