No One In Tanzania Has Tested Positive For Marburg Virus, Government Says

Reuters (1/16, Dausen) reports, “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.” Jenista Mhagama, the country’s health minister, said, “As of 15th January 2025, laboratory results for all suspected individuals were negative for Marburg virus.” During “a virtual press conference from Geneva on Thursday, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Tanzania should ‘send the samples it has collected to international reference laboratories and...collect additional samples in accordance with normal procedure.’”