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NAIROBI (Reuters) - 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.

Tanzanian authorities deny Marburg virus presence after WHO reports deaths, with laboratory tests returning negative.

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

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

A Marburg virus outbreak in Tanzania has caused eight deaths and nine suspected cases. Symptoms include severe fever, headache, fatigue, and bleeding. With up to an 88% fatality rate, the virus spreads from fruit bats to humans.

Nine cases of the deadly disease have been reported in the Kagera region of Tanzania so far. But officials expect that number to rise.

Tanzania has pushed back against a report from the World Health Organization warning of a new Marburg virus outbreak in the country.

Tanzania's government said no-one in the country had tested positive for the Marburg virus after the World Health Organization (WHO) said at least eight people in the northwest were believed to have died from it.