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Marburg is in the same family as the virus that causes Ebola ... Kenya, Equatorial Guinea, Rwanda, South Africa, and Uganda, according to the WHO.

Health Minister Jenista Mhagama declared Marburg after six weeks since the last case in ...

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Tanzanian health authorities declared the end of the country's second Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak after recor ...

Tanzania today declared the end of Marburg virus disease outbreak after recording no new cases over 42 days since the death ...

Marburg virus disease is highly virulent and causes haemorrhagic ... the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Equatorial Guinea, Rwanda, South Africa and Uganda. Distributed by APO Group on ...

In a statement released on Sunday night, Papua New Guinea Police Commissioner David Manning said a group of illegal miners attempted to breach restricted areas of the mine and fired on security ...