Nine cases - eight confirmed, one probable - and six deaths were recorded in outbreak of hemorrhagic fever in Kagera region

Tanzania has declared the end of its first-ever outbreak of Marburg, a deadly Ebola-like virus with a fatality rate of up to 88%, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday.

Tanzania Minister of Health, Ummy A. Mwalimu declared the end of the Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) outbreak in the Kagera region. This was Tanzania’s first ever MVD outbreak which resulted in a total of nine cases (eight confirmed and one probable) and six deaths.

Tanzania on Friday declared the end of a deadly outbreak of the Marburg virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.

The ministry of Health in Tanzania has officially declared the end of the country's first documented outbreak of Marburg virus disease (MVD), which was initially declared in March. The World Health Organization (WHO) shared a statement confirming that a total of eight cases of viral hemorrhagic fever were reported,