With no licensed vaccines available to protect against the Ebola virus currently spreading in the Congo, efforts are underway to fast-track development of at least three vaccines.

Director-General Jean Kaseya told a virtual press conference that Africa CDC's partners on Monday had pledged almost $500 million to support the fight against the outbreak.

Global health body CEPI is fast-tracking three experimental vaccines against the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola as the outbreak in Central Africa continues to spread.