 A total of 203 people have died in Angola from the Marburg virus, the worst outbreak ever recorded of the Ebola-like bug, the Angolan health ministry and the World Health Organisation (WHO) said. The greatest number of deaths of 184, were recorded in the northern Uige province, the epicentre of the epidemic that was first detected in October, the figures from health authorities released in a statement in the capital Luanda say. The statement said a total of 221 cases of the Marburg virus have been discovered, out of which 203 resulted in death, putting the mortality rate countrywide from the outbreak at 92 per cent. |