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A sample from a remote Tanzanian region tests positive for Marburg disease, confirming WHO fears

Tanzania Marburg Outbreak - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Tanzania’s president said Monday that one sample from a remote part of northern Tanzania tested positive for Marburg disease, a highly infectious virus which can be fatal in up to 88% of cases without treatment.

President Samia Suluhu spoke in Dar es Salaam, the commercial capital, alongside World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

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