WHO announces start of Ebola vaccine clinical trial in DR Congo
A clinical trial begins to test the safety, efficacy and immunogenicity of multiple vaccines.
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A clinical trial begins to test the safety, efficacy and immunogenicity of multiple vaccines.
The World Health Organization has warned that it could surpass the deadliest Ebola outbreak in history, which erupted more than a decade ago and killed more than 11,000 people in West Africa.
The Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo has spread to an eighth province in the countryโs north, authorities said on Sunday. The Health Ministry has recorded two cases, including one death, in Nord-Ubangi province, bordering Central African Republic. The ministry said both patients were men in their 20s living in the Wapinda health zone, which borders Bas-Uele province, where Ebola cases have been reported previously. Authorities have recorded at least 9,400 cases, including more than...
Frontline workers in DR Congo received the Ervebo vaccine on Friday as the countryโs worst ever Ebola outbreak continues to spread. Ervebo is effective against the Zaire strain of Ebola. Authorities hope it will offer some protection against the Bundibugyo strain driving the current outbreak.
At least 10 students have died from Ebola in Ituri Province, in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, authorities said Thursday
The number of confirmed cases has surged past 9,000 with more than 4,300 deaths, with many not detected while the patients are still alive.
20 weeks into the Ebola virus outbreak, health workers have managed to tamp down some of the early hotspot but the virus is still spreading in the Democratic Republic of Congo, putting experts under mounting pressure. Jennifer Zabasajja, Bloombergโs Chief Africa correspondent reports. (Source: Bloomberg)
Some 250 people, who have all been exposed to the rare Bundibugyo virus, are taking part in the trial could stop them from contracting Ebola.
Routine healthcare has been severely disrupted in communities hit hardest by Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo, where fear of infection and pressure on hospitals are stymieing pediatric immunizations and discouraging patients from seeking maternity and other basic care.
The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo has surpassed 8,000, while 3,901 people have died in the current outbreak, according to government data released on Monday.