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January 15, 2025 | 01:04 pm
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, that a suspected outbreak of Marburg virus had killed eight people in Tanzania, Africa.
“On January 13, 2025, WHO informed its Member States and International Health Regulations (IHR) State Parties of an outbreak of suspected Marburg Virus Disease in Kagera region, Tanzania,” said Tedros on social media platform X.
According to Tedros, WHO is currently aware of 9 cases thus far, including 8 people who died. “We would expect further cases in coming days as disease surveillance improves,” he said, as quoted by Antara.
In December 2024, the Rwandan Ministry of Health announced the end of the Marburg virus outbreak in their country. Since spreading in mid-September 2024, a total of 66 cases of Marburg virus have been reported, with 15 confirmed deaths.
Marburg virus causes severe dengue fever in humans and is transmitted to humans from fruit bats. The infection is spread through direct contact with infected fluids. Symptoms of the disease are characterized by high fever, severe headache, and weakness.
According to the WHO, there are currently no licensed vaccines or antiviral drugs for the treatment of the disease.
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