PARIS: A volunteer was injected on Friday with the first dose of a rapidly developed vaccine targeting the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola driving a deadly outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Oxford University said. More than 1,270 people have been killed out of nearly 3,000 infections in the DRC and Uganda since the outbreak emerged in May, according to the most recent figures from the World Health Organization.

The Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus has been devastating the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with no vaccine currently approved to protect against the strain.

The first dose of the rapidly developed vaccine was administered to Ed Hunt, a 37-year-old volunteer, said Britain’s Oxford University.