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US Embassy update:

For Immediate Release
May 5, 2005 U.S. Embassy, Office of Public Affairs

EMBASSY LATEST WARDEN MESSAGE ON THE HEMORRHAGIC FEVER IN UIGE PROVINCE, ANGOLA
The United States Embassy Luanda recommends against travel to Uige province, Angola due to an outbreak of Marburg hemorrhagic fever. As of May 5, 2005, the Ministry of Health reported 313 cases and 280 deaths over a five-month period. The Angolan Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization, and the Centers for Disease Control-Atlanta are cooperating to identify recommended public health measures and treatment.

For additional information on Marburg hemorrhagic fever and infectious diseases consult the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's hotline for international travelers at 1-877-FYI-TRIP (1-877-394-8747) or the CDC's Internet site at CDC-ATLANTA CDC-ATLANTA and consult the World Health Organization's (WHO) website at WHO.INT

The United States Consular Section in Luanda can be reached by telephone at (244) (2) 371-645 or by email at luandaconsular@yahoo.com. The Embassy website is www.usembassy.gov/angola

As of May 5, 2005, there are no new case of Marburg hemorrhagic fever in Luanda, Cabinda, Kwanza Sul, Kwanza Norte and Malange provinces. There are no reports of people contracting the disease in those provinces, as well as there are no active cases now reported in those regions. In Uige province, 12 new cases and 9 deaths were reported within Uige city. Out of this total 1 case and 1 death were reported in Bembe municipality. In Damba, Songo, Negage, Puri and Maquela do Zombo municipalities no new case was reported. Health officials recommend that normal sanitary precautions should be used, including frequent hand washing, to minimize any chance of exposure.

It is not clear if the 12 cases/9 deaths are in addition to the 313/280 or a clarification of someof the numbers.

http://www.angolapress-angop.ao/noticia.asp?ID=339028

Latest from Angop [google translate], nothing really knew except that again it looks like all agencies are stepping up efforts to contain the virus:

The Red Cross detaches activistas in the Uíge for the control of the Marburg

Luanda, 05/05 - the Red Cross of Angola (CVA) detached one equips of volunteers in the province of the Uíge with the objectivo to sensetize the population on the virus of Marburg, as well as making the distribution of lixívia, creolina, soap and other products to help the people afectadas and infectadas by the illness that already made two hundreds of deceased more than. Speaking to the Angop, the coordinator for reply the disasters of the CVA, Kiala Simão, explained that such individuals still go to supervise the shares Red Da Cruz in the e region to sensetize on the Hiv/Sida, pandemic that afecta thousand of people in the country. They are part of equips about twenty and two people, including a representative of the national headquarters and another member of the International Federacy Red Da Cruz. The CVA has intensified the order of aid to its partners to help the Government to stanch the epidemic caused for the virus of Marburg, that since October of 2004 afecta the province of the Uíge.