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Congo-Kinshasa: Ebola - Race Is On Between Research and the Virus
The Conversation Africa, 7 March 2019
Since August last year the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been facing its 10th Ebola virus disease outbreak. As of early March this year, 907 cases and 569 deaths have been… Read more »
Race is on Between Ebola and Researchers in DR Congo
Part of the response to the current outbreak has been to try out new drug regimes. As such, research is playing a critical role as efforts are made to establish their efficacy. But testing new vaccines is an arduous and time consuming process. It's also hard in the case of Ebola because there are a few different strains of the virus writes The Conversation Africa.
The Government of Democratic Republic of the Congo, with the support of WHO and partners, carried out a vaccination campaign in high-risk populations against Ebola virus disease in affected health zones.
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