タンザニア：マールブルク熱が発生した…かも？

　―とのこと、WHOが警告するのだが、タンザニア当局は否認。

「Tanzania has dismissed a World Health Organisation (WHO) report of a suspected new outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg virus in the north-west of the country.」

　あやしい発病者があり、WHO的には5日のうちに9例・死者8名では、そりゃあ警告を出したいだろう。

BBC Tanzania denies suspected Marburg outbreak after WHO alert 3 hours ago

Alfred Lasteck

　しかしタンザニア保健当局としてはサンプル・チェックではネガティブと出たのだという。

「On Tuesday, the global health agency said a total of nine suspected cases were reported over the last five days in the Kagera region, including eight deaths.

But in a statement, Tanzania's Health Minister Jenista Mhagama said after samples were analysed, all suspected cases were found negative for Marburg virus.」

　尤も、調査監視を続けるのですが。

「The WHO cautioned that the risk of the suspected virus spreading in the region remained "high" because Kagera was a transit hub with much cross-border movement to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda.」

　発生地とされた地点は国際交易の十字路。…まあ、なので、そんなところで大流行なんてされた日には…。