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.

Like Ebola, the Marburg virus originates in fruit bats and spreads between people through close contact with the bodily fluids of infected individuals or with surfaces, such as contaminated bed sheets

The WHO has reported a “high” regional and national risk from the haemorrhagic virus while the global risk remains low.

The outbreak, which has claimed eight lives out of nine reported cases, has raised concerns about potential risk at the national and regional levels.

GENEVA: Cautioning about the high risk of deadly Marburg Virus Disease’s further spread in Tanzania, the World Health Organisation on Tuesday said the suspected virus outbreak had

DAR ES SALAAM - Eight people have been killed in a suspected outbreak of Marburg virus disease in Tanzania's northwestern region of Kagera, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. In a statement Tuesday, the WHO warned that the risk of further spread of the deadly disease in the country and the region is high.

An outbreak of suspected Marburg disease has killed eight people in a remote part of northern Tanzania, according to the World Health Organization's

NAIROBI (Reuters) - A suspected outbreak of the Marburg virus in northwest Tanzania has infected nine people, killing eight of them, the World Health Organization has said, weeks after an outbreak of the disease was declared over in neighbouring Rwanda.

So far, nine people have been infected with suspected Marburg, with samples currently in a laboratory for official confirmation. Their symptoms included headaches, high fever, back pain, vomiting blood and, in the most serious cases, bleeding from their orifices.

WHO reported Wednesday that a suspected outbreak of Marburg disease has claimed eight lives in a remote region of northern Tanzania.