Ebola in the DRC: 5,514 cases and 2,642 deaths recorded
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Beto
Samuel Roger Kamba MulambaSamuel Roger Kamba Mulamba: Hardy BOPE / European Union, 2026 / EC - Audiovisual Service · CC BY 4.0The Congolese Ministry of Health received 16,520 doses of the RVBO vaccine at N’djili airport, as the Ebola epidemic had recorded 5,514 confirmed cases and 2,642 confirmed deaths by 22 August. No vaccine is approved against the Bundibugyo strain, according to the Public Health Emergency Operations Centre.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has recorded 5,514 Ebola cases, including 2,642 deaths, according to the Ministry of Public Health, Hygiene and Social Welfare. Health Minister Samuel Roger Kamba received an initial batch of 16,520 doses of the Ervebo vaccine in Kinshasa on 21 August, out of 50,120 expected between 21 and 24 August.
Funded by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, and manufactured in Germany by the US pharmaceutical company MSD, the doses transited through Switzerland, Luxembourg and Belgium before arriving at N’djili International Airport. The Ministry of Health did not specify how many doses had already been administered. The DRC is also considering expanding the use of the Ervebo vaccine against Bundibugyo Ebola.
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