WHO evaluates vaccines as efforts ramp up to control Ebola outbreak

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WHO evaluates vaccines as efforts ramp up to control Ebola outbreak

Issued on: 20/05/2026 - 13:01

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The WHO said Tuesday it was examining whether any candidate vaccines or treatments could be used to rein in what it warned could be a lengthy Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The WHO has declared the surge of the highly contagious haemorrhagic fever, suspected to have killed 131 people and infected more than 500, an international health emergency.

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