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.

A Marburg virus outbreak in Tanzania has caused eight deaths and nine suspected cases. Symptoms include severe fever, headache, fatigue, and bleeding. With up to an 88% fatality rate, the virus spreads from fruit bats to humans.

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 World Health Organisation, WHO, has confirmed that the suspected outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus in Tanzania killed no fewer than eight people, warning that the risk of further spread in the country and region was high.

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

There’s a suspected outbreak of the deadly Marburg disease in a high transit area of Tanzania, raising the risk of regional spread.

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

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.

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