Africa CDC confirms Marburg case in Uganda as Ebola outbreak rages

Ugandan health authorities confirmed an isolated case of Marburg virus disease, a highly infectious hemorrhagic fever, while conducting surveillance for an ongoing Ebola outbreak. No contacts of the Marburg case have developed symptoms and there is currently no active case in Uganda. Uganda is tackling an Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak linked to the Democratic Republic of Congo, with 20 Ebola cases and two deaths reported.

Source: Ars Technica | 2026-07-02