By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on ONU Info
Two new Ebola vaccine candidates will join the clinical trial being conducted in the Democratic Republic of the Congo against the Bundibugyo strain. Their inclusion will broaden the assessment of preventive solutions during the ongoing outbreak, according to the UN.
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4 NovWHO approves two Ebola vaccine trials in DR CongoThe WHO recommends adding two vaccine candidates against the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola to the Tumaini clinical trial in DR Congo, according to Punch, 7info and Bénin Web TV. Developed by Oxford with the Serum Institute of India and by Moderna, they will be assessed under the National Institute of Biomedical Research after national authorisations, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced.
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The NGO Journaliste en danger (JED) says rumours about Ebola are making access to reliable information more difficult and may discourage people from seeking care in DR Congo. Its 2026 report recalls that the Bundibugyo strain epidemic, declared on 15 May, had recorded 8,978 confirmed cases and 4,336 deaths by 10 October, according to official figures cited by Actualite.cd.
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The Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has killed 5,103 people and caused 10,467 infections, according to the National Institute of Public Health, cited by Jornal F8 and Rádio Moçambique. The two media outlets report 45 deaths in the past 24 hours; Jornal F8 also reports 53 new cases. Ituri accounts for 70.8% of cases and the epidemic has surpassed the 2018–2020 toll.
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The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo had killed 5,372 of 10,414 confirmed cases by 30 October, a case fatality rate of 51.6%, according to a National Institute of Biomedical Research report cited by Africanews. Le Monde reports that the outbreak has exceeded 5,300 deaths in Africa, with the vast majority in DR Congo, and has also affected Uganda, Kenya and Nigeria.
🇨🇩 DR Congo · Source: Africanews ·
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