Kinshasa, May 16, 2026 (AFP) - No vaccine for latest Ebola outbreak, DRC warns as as toll hits 80

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2026-05-16

An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has caused at least 80 deaths has a "very high lethality rate" and no vaccine or specific treatment, the country's health minister warned Saturday. Nearly 250 suspected cases of the the highly contagious haemorrhagic fever have been recorded in DR Congo, according to the health ministry, with one death reported in neighbouring Uganda. Medical aid group Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said i......

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Kinshasa, May 16, 2026 (AFP) - No vaccine for latest Ebola outbreak, DRC warns as as toll hits 80

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