An outbreak of the deadly Ebola-like Marburg virus has intensified in Angola, claiming more than 29 lives over the past four days and taking the nationwide toll to 155, hightening fear of the disease in the capital Luanda, authorities said.
Angolan health minister Sebastiao Veloso said the toll climbed to "175 cases, among them 155 dead, all from the province of Uige," the epicentre of the outbreak in the country's north on the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo.
