Health Official Says DRC’s Ebola Outbreak Under Control; Experimental Vaccine Use On Hold
Reuters: Ebola epidemic in Congo ‘under control’: health minister
“Democratic Republic of Congo has not recorded a new case of Ebola in the last 21 days, the maximum incubation period for the disease, and is now in a phase of heightened surveillance, the health minister said on Friday. … Health authorities have approved the use of a new experimental Ebola vaccine but say it will only be deployed if a new case is confirmed outside existing chains of transmission…” (Ross/Bavier, 6/2).
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