TOH edition: Monday, 21 September 2026 · Health & Medicine
The Fastest-Growing Ebola Outbreak Ever Recorded Has No Licensed Vaccine. On Saturday Congo Started Vaccinating 50,000 Health Workers Anyway.
Reported by Al Jazeera / AFP / AP
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Health workers in Bunia, the epicentre of the Democratic Republic of the Congo's fastest-growing Ebola outbreak, began receiving the Ervebo vaccine on Saturday, in an operation backed by the World Health Organization and Doctors Without Borders that aims to reach 50,000 front-line workers across Ituri and North Kivu.
The dominant coverage is of an epidemic with no licensed vaccine and no proven treatment. The same weekend, the people most exposed to it began receiving one — and their protection is being measured rather than assumed.
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