Angola Virus Spreading

Austrailia's Special Broadcasting Service reports that the Angolan outbreak of the Marburg virus is spreading:

Angolan health officials have appealed for outside help to prevent the spread of a lethal virus as the death toll from the Ebola-like Marburg disease rose to 120.

The country's deputy health minister, Jose Van-Dumen, said the situation was critical after returning from a two-day field visit to the province of Uige in northern Angola.

A health ministry official said a pregnant woman died yesterday of the Marburg virus in a hospital in Cabinda in the north.

It was the first fatality outside the capital, Luanda and the province of Uige.

Yesterday the Special Broadcasting Service reported that the outbreak has begun to sow panic:

“It’s complete panic here,” Quiala Godi, a Uige province health official, told the AFP news agency in a telephone interview.

The outbreak has killed two "two Italian and Vietnamese doctors" and five nurses.

There is no specific treatment for Marburg haemorrhagic fever.

California Yankee has followed this outbreak since March 16th. You can find all five posts here.