There’s a suspected outbreak of Marburg in Tanzania’s Kagera region that borders Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi, and Lake Victoria. This comes less than a month after an outbreak of the disease was declared over in Rwanda.
According to the World Health Organization, there are currently nine suspected cases and eight deaths across two of Tanzania’s districts: Biharamulo and Muleba. Samples from two patients are being tested by the country’s National Public Health Laboratory — with results pending confirmation.
Symptoms of the suspected cases have included vomiting with blood, bleeding from orifices, headaches, and high fevers.
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Sara Jervingsarajerving
Sara Jerving is a Senior Reporter at Devex, where she covers global health. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, VICE News, and Bloomberg News among others. Sara holds a master's degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism where she was a Lorana Sullivan fellow. She was a finalist for One World Media's Digital Media Award in 2021; a finalist for the Livingston Award for Young Journalists in 2018; and she was part of a VICE News Tonight on HBO team that received an Emmy nomination in 2018. She received the Philip Greer Memorial Award from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 2014.
