The ARTIC 2.0 project will expand use of a low-cost, real-time genome sequencing technique used to detect COVID-19 variants to conduct surveillance on a wider variety of pathogens.
Complex Pandemic Accord negotiations have been under way since 2021, with 13 formal meetings and numerous informal sessions.
The source of the outbreak still isn’t known, and the risk of re-emergence from a new spillover from the animal reservoir remains.
In the first of the 2 outbreaks, affected children had contact with bats. Further investigations are under way for both events.
Ten people have now died in Tanzania's Marburg outbreak.
The 2 positive cases are among 31 samples tested, and officials are considering use of antivirals and experimental vaccine.
So far all 25 suspected case-patients have tested negative for the virus but remain under close surveillance.
Global health groups encourage further follow-up testing and share more details about the initial cases.
Health workers are among the suspected cases, and there is significant cross-border movement between Kagera region and three neighboring countries.
The case-fatality rate was about 23%, which is at the low end of the 24% to 88% range.
