Tanzania has sent a team of doctors and health experts to the southeast of the country to investigate a mysterious illness that has caused the deaths of three people, Tanzanian authorities said Wednesday.
This disease , whose symptoms include nosebleeds , fever , headaches and fatigue , has been detected in the Lindi region, said Aifello Sichalwe , the government's chief physician.
"The government has assembled a team of professionals who are still investigating this unknown illness ," Aifello Sichalwe said in a statement, urging residents to remain calm. A total of 13 cases have been detected, three of whom have died .
Aifello Sichalwe adds that the patients tested negative for Ebola , Marburg virus , and Covid-19 . One of them has recovered, while the others are in isolation.
Ghana detected two suspected cases of Marburg virus last week, a hemorrhagic fever almost as deadly as Ebola .
On Tuesday, at a religious gathering, Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan claimed that the "strange" disease detected in Lindi could have been caused by "increasing interactions" between humans and animals due to environmental degradation .
