Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleAn Ebola vaccination campaign has begun in the Democratic Republic of Congo to contain the country's deadliest outbreak on record. Frontline healthcare workers and high-risk contacts in the eastern Tshopo province are the first to receive the Ervebo vaccine. Official figures show the outbreak has caused 2,744 deaths out of 5,713 confirmed cases across six provinces, representing a fatality rate of nearly 48 per cent. The World Health Organisation warned that the outbreak remains out of control due to ongoing conflict, population displacement, and healthcare worker strikes. The Ervebo jab, originally designed for the Zaire strain, is being administered under a compassionate-use programme to test its efficacy against the active Bundibugyo Ebola virus. In fullCongo begins Ebola vaccination drive to fight most-deadly outbreak on recordMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Ebola vaccinations start in Congo with virus still ‘out of control’
Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleAn Ebola vaccination campaign has begun in the Democratic Republic of Congo to contain the country's deadliest outbreak on record. Frontline healthcare workers and high-risk contacts in the eastern Tshopo province are the first to receive the Ervebo vaccine. Official figures show the outbreak has caused 2,744 deaths out of 5,713 confirmed cases across six provinces, representing a fatality rate of nearly 48 per cent. The World Health Organisation warned that the outbreak remains out of control due to ongoing conflict, population displacement, and healthcare worker strikes. The Ervebo jab, originally designed for the Zaire strain, is being administered under a compassionate-use programme to test its efficacy against the active Bundibugyo Ebola virus. In fullCongo begins Ebola vaccination drive to fight most-deadly outbreak on recordMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
