The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned of a suspected new outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg virus in north-west Tanzania, saying that at least eight people have already been killed by the disease.

The World Health Organization says an outbreak of suspected Marburg disease has killed eight people in a remote part of northern Tanzania

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

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

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.

GENEVA: Cautioning about the high risk of deadly Marburg Virus Disease’s further spread in Tanzania, the World Health Organisation on Tuesday said the suspected virus outbreak had

The World Health Organisation has put Kenya and five other countries on high alert over Marburg disease after the death of Eight people in the Kagera region, in Tanzania. In a statement on January 15, the WHO issued the alert in neighbouring countries including; Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Mozambique.

The outbreak, which has claimed eight lives out of nine reported cases, has raised concerns about potential risk at the national and regional levels.

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.

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