The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned of a suspected new outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg virus in north-west Tanzania, saying that at least eight people have already been killed by the disease.
On Tuesday, the WHO said that nine suspected cases of Marburg were reported in the region of Kagera over the last five days.
“We would expect further cases in the coming days as disease surveillance improves,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on X.
The highly-infectious disease is similar to Ebola, with symptoms including fever, muscle pains, diarrhoea, vomiting and, in some cases, death through extreme blood loss.
Tanzania experienced its first Marburg outbreak in March 2023 in the Bukoba district. It killed about six people and lasted for nearly two months.
Tanzania’s authorities have not yet confirmed the…