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Ebola cases top 4,000 in DRC as WHO urges Ervebo vaccine trial

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Ebola cases top 4,000 in DRC as WHO urges Ervebo vaccine trial
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo has reported over 4,000 cases of the Bundibugyo Ebola strain, marking the second-largest and fastest-spreading outbreak on record. The WHO is now recommending a full-scale human trial of an approved Ebola vaccine to determine if it provides cross-protection against this specific strain.

The Bundibugyo epidemic, ​the world’s second-largest, has been described as the ⁠fastest-spreading on record.

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