A sample from a remote area of Tanzania has tested positive for Marburg disease, This was made public by made by Samia Suluhu Hassan who is the current president of Tanzania .
According to laboratory tests carried out at Kabaile Mobile Laboratory in Kagera and subsequently verified in Dar es Salaam, one patient had a Marburg virus infection. The remaining suspicious patients, fortunately, did not test positive for any additional disorders.
The latest development is currently the second recorded outbreak since the country's history.
The initial outbreak happened in the precise same Kagera region in March 2023. Twenty-five further samples came out negative. Days after the nation's health minister declared that there were absolutely no cases of the illness in the nation, the statement was made.