Bunia, DR Congo, Sept 19, 2026 (AFP) - Ebola vaccine being tested in DR Congo outbreak zone

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2026-09-19
Health workers in parts of the DR Congo badly hit by a deadly Ebola outbreak launched a test vaccination programme on Saturday to see if jabs designed for a different strain of the virus could prove effective in this case. The operation, backed by the World Health Organization and the Doctors Without Borders (MSF) charity, will see 20,000 frontline health personnel given the Ervebo vaccination in the Ituri and North-Kivu provinces, in a study las......
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