By Editorial
Marburg virus has killed five people in Tanzania’s north-western Kagera region, the health ministry has said.
High fever is a common symptom of the deadly Ebola-like virus, often followed by bleeding and organ failure.
Tanzania’s health minister Ummy Mwalimu who said the disease had been contained and she was confident it would not spread further, added that three people are being treated in hospital and authorities are tracing 161 contacts.
Tanzania’s strategy to control the spread was praised by the World Health Organization with her regional director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti quoted by the media as saying the efforts by the country’s health authorities to establish the cause of the disease is a clear indication of the determination to effectively respond to the outbreak. END