Congo to use Ebola vaccine to counter flare-up

Four people have tested positive for Ebola


Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) officials say they will start using Ebola vaccine to counter a flare-up in the heavily populated eastern part of the Central African country, according to an article on the Reuters website.

Four people have tested positive for Ebola in and around Mangina, a town of about 60,000 people in North Kivu province, about 60 miles) from the Ugandan border.  

Another 20 people died from unidentified hemorrhagic fevers in July. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the ninth outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) over on July 24, according to an article on WHO website. 

Unlike previous DRC Ebola outbreaks, this one involved four locations, including an urban center with river connections to the capital and to neighboring countries, as well as remote rainforest villages.

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August 7, 2018


Topic Area: Infection Control


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