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WHO considers use of experimental vaccines as Ebola cases and deaths rise in DRC
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus expressed deep concern over the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus expressed deep concern over the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. At least 500 suspected cases and 130 suspected deaths have been reported since the outbreak began. The outbreak has also been confirmed in Uganda, with one death and one case reported.
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WHO considers use of experimental vaccines as Ebola cases and deaths rise in DRC. WHO chief said he was ‘deeply concerned’ after at least 500 suspected Ebola cases and 130 deaths reported in outbreak of Bundibugyo strain ‘It’s heartbreaking’: panic in eastern DRC over return of Ebola Global health leaders are considering whether vaccines or medicines still in development could be used to fight Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as the World Health Organization’s chief said he was deeply concerned by the outbreak’s speed and scale. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said there had been at least 500 suspected cases of Ebola and 130 suspected deaths in DRC since the new outbreak began –…