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DRC receives 70,000 Ebola vaccine doses as WHO ramps up response

Published 20 August 2026

Health authorities are accelerating their response to the deadliest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s history, announcing the deployment of 70,000 vaccine doses and committing millions to research aimed at identifying effective treatments for the rare Bundibugyo strain driving the crisis.

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