According to the Tanzanian health ministry, Marburg hemorrhagic fever is the cause of a strange illness that claimed the lives of five people.
High fever from the virus is frequently followed by hemorrhage and organ failure.
It belongs to the same family of viruses as Ebola.
Ummy Mwalimu, Tanzania’s minister of health, advised individuals to maintain their composure and claimed that the government had successfully stopped the disease’s spread.
She reported that 161 contacts were being tracked down by law enforcement while three patients were being treated in hospitals.
A rapid response team was dispatched last week to Kagera in northwest Kenya to look into the outbreak. Kagera borders Uganda.
Tanzania’s quick response has been praised by the World Health Organization, which also stated that it was prepared to make sure there were no gaps in response.
