DR Congo Ebola toll nears 1,000 as frontline vaccine trials are planned
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The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed at least 930 people (about 2,365 cases), with transmission rising rapidly and several provinces affected. Health authorities and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention are planning a frontline trial of a two-vaccine regimen—Ervebo plus an experimental Sudan ebolavirus jab—to curb the Bundibugyo pathogen, as WHO warningsHighlight that many new cases lack known contacts, complicating containment.
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