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WHO airlifts medical supplies to Tanzania amid MVD outbreak

Dar Es Salaam, Jan. 26 (UNI) The World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday airlifted 1.4 tonnes of medical commodities and supplies to Tanzania to fight the Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak in the northwestern part of the country.
In its official X platform, the WHO said that the donated medical supplies shipped from the WHO Regional Emergency Response Hub in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, to Bukoba in the Kagera region, would be used for patient management and infection control.
The WHO offered the medical aid after Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan confirmed the second outbreak of the MVD in Biharamulo district of Kagera on Monday.
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