The Uganda Health Department has contained an outbreak of a deadly Ebola-like disease at a mine in western Uganda has been contained, but the African nation plans to maintain active surveillance for 21 more weeks.

Two miners were diagnosed with the fast spreading Marburg virus, which causes a rare hemorrhagic fever, close to the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo

The Angolan Ministry of Health has declared that the death toll from the epidemic of Marburg hemorrhagic fever has jumped to 233. A total 255 cases have been recorded until Saturday. The health ministry issued a press release stating that all the reported cases of the Ebola-like disease had originated in the northwestern province of Uige. However, reports of death is still pouring in from other parts such as Luanda, Zaire, Malange, Kuangza Norte, Kuanza South and Cabinda provinces. The World Health Organization, the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Doctors Without Borders are having a tough time in bringing the situation under control. They have deployed teams in Uige to combat the spread of the deadly virus. Marburg is spread through contact with bodily fluids. Marburg has been proving fatal, and there is no vaccine against it. This is not the first Marburg breaksout in this region. In the previous outbreak of Marburg, 123 people were killed in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo between 1998 and 2000, official records show

As the death toll in northwestern Angola rises to 180, The World Health Organization continues their investigation of the hemorrhagic fever outbreak plaguing the area and Angolans at risk begin lash out on health workers. As of Thursday, 205 cases of the Marburg hemorrhagic fever have been reported, 180 of which have died. The Zaire province is the most recent of the seven reportedly seeing an outbreak amongst residents. The virus is in the same family as the Ebola virus and spreads through blood and body fluid contact, making it very dangerous and lethal in human beings. In this case -- only the second natural outbreak of the virus -- there is evidence it has been amplified through ineffective containment in hospitals. The WHO reported that the first large outbreak under natural conditions of this kind was in the Democratic Republic of Congo from 1998-2000. Mobile surveillance teams in Uige were forced to suspend operations Thursday when vehicles were attacked and damaged by residents. In addition, organization staff in Uige were notified Friday of several workers' fatalities, but teams were unable to investigate the causes of death or collect the bodies for burial. A WHO worker in Angola reported that health workers had been killed by residents who believed the workers were exposing them to the virus. The WHO is currently discussing ways "to find urgent solutions" with authorities in Angola. The WHO launched an appeal Friday for $2.4 million to support emergency response to the outbreak. They have also established an international network of laboratories to help in the investigation of this and other viral hemorrhagic fevers. They include two portable field laboratories in Angola. The major goal of the WHO is to determine where the Marburg virus hides in nature between outbreaks. Current studies of the virus in Angola offers vital clues