Over 16,000 Ervebo doses reach Ebola-hit DR Congo
More than 16,000 doses of the Ervebo vaccine arrived in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as its Ebola death toll passed 3,000, per official data. The World Health Organization has recommended a phase-three clinical trial using Ervebo against the Zaire strain. Ervebo had already been deployed at large scale during the 2018-2020 outbreak, making it central to the DRC’s current response.
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- Over 16,000 Ervebo vaccine doses delivered to DR Congo
- DRC Ebola death toll passed 3,000
- WHO recommended a phase-three trial of Ervebo against the Zaire strain
- Ervebo was used at scale in the 2018-2020 outbreak
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