Tanzania's outbreak of Marburg viral disease is under control: minister

DAR ES SALAAM, March 26 (Xinhua) -- Tanzanian health authorities said late Saturday an outbreak of Marburg viral disease (MVD) that has killed five people in northwestern of the country was under control.

The disease that broke out last week in two wards of Bukoba district in Kagera region also left three other people admitted to hospital for treatment.