Tanzania Confirms Marburg Case, WHO Chief Addresses Outbreak

A medical worker carries a meal to an isolation tent housing a man being quarantined after coming into contact with a carrier of the Marburg Virus, at the Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi,

Tanzania's president announced on Monday that a sample from a remote area in northern Tanzania has tested positive for Marburg disease, a highly infectious virus with a fatality rate of up to 88% without treatment.

The confirmation came after initial reports from the World Health Organization (WHO) of a suspected Marburg outbreak in Tanzania's Kagera region, which had resulted in the deaths of eight individuals. Tanzanian health officials initially disputed these reports but subsequent tests have now confirmed the presence of the virus.