Equatorial Guinea: 12 deaths from Marburg virus according to a new report

A new provisional death toll from the Marburg virus epidemic that has been raging for more than three months in Equatorial Guinea has risen to 12, according to a new health ministry report confirmed to AFP on Monday.

The last death recorded by the authorities was due to the epidemic of this virus cousin of Ebola and almost as deadly as it was on April 11.

As of April 21, “there have been 17 cases and 12 deaths since the beginning of the…