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Last week, when Tanzania confirmed its first-ever cases of Marburg Virus Disease, the Ministry of Health activated its surveillance and response mechanism and started screening travellers at all border points between Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda to contain its spread into the country.
At the time of the announcement, the disease, which has a fatality ratio of up to 88 per cent, had claimed five lives out of eight confirmed cases in Tanzania's western region of Kagera. The three survivors were under medical care.
The victims had displayed symptoms such as fever, vomiting, bleeding and renal failure, according to Tanzania's Health Ministry and World Health Organisation (WHO).
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