New outbreak of one of the world’s deadliest bugs kills 5 – and has death rate of 90%

FIVE people have died after testing positive for one of world’s most lethal diseases in Tanzania, officials have said.

The Marburg virus, which is similar to Ebola, causes those who catch it to bleed to death.

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It’s the first time the nasty bug, which has a mortality rate of 90 per cent, has been found in the east African country.

Health authorities are now scrambling to contain the disease and end the outbreak “as soon as possible”...