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Ebola vaccination begins in southern Congo
The ring vaccination strategy prioritizes frontline workers and contacts of Ebola patients using the Ervebo vaccine to prevent spread, with 45,000 additional doses approved by WHO.
- Vaccination for those exposed to the Ebola virus has started in Kasai province, according to the World Health Organization.
- An outbreak in Bulape has resulted in at least 16 deaths and 68 suspected cases, as stated by the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- Initially, 400 doses of the Ervebo vaccine were sent, with 45,000 additional vaccines approved by the International Coordinating Group on Vaccine Provision, stated the WHO.
- This Ebola outbreak is Congo's 16th since 1976 and is linked to ongoing conflicts that weaken the health system.
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In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the first vaccinations started after the vaccine against the Ebola virus arrived.
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In DR Congo, vaccination of frontline personnel and close contacts of infected people has begun after an outbreak of Ebola virus broke out in early September.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has begun vaccinating frontline health workers and contacts of people infected with the Ebola virus in the Kasai province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. An outbreak was declared in that area in early September, according to the UN agency.
Ebola vaccination begins in the Democratic Republic of Congo, WHO says
The World Health Organisation on Sunday said it had begun vaccinating front-line health workers and contacts of people infected with Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Kasai province, where an outbreak has been declared.
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