Concerns Over Ebola In Tanzania

The US has urged travellers to Tanzania to exercise ‘increased caution’ following the identification of a case of Ebola.

The State Department released a statement outlining that unofficial reports regarding an unexplained death in Dar es Salaam is ‘probably ebola,’ the same statement outlined the deceased individual had reportedly travelled while ill to the cities of Songea, Njombe, and Mbeya.

The Tanzanian government has denied that Ebola is present in the country. But authorities have refused to give outside monitors access to tests performed on the dead person identified in reports as a female doctor.

The World Health Organisation has also issued an alert based on what it said is credible intelligence of one or more Ebola cases in Tanzania.

WHO further noted that the Tanzania government has not complied with several requests for details on the suspected cases.