Congo says Ebola outbreak spreads to provinces Haut-Uele and Tshopo
The Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo has spread to two new provinces, Haut-Uele and Tshopo, the country’s public health institute said in a report released on Sunday.
The University of Oxford has launched the first human trial of a vaccine against Bundibugyo Ebola virus, seeking to accelerate efforts to combat an outbreak spreading in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, the university said on Monday.“Although current investigations suggest that all cases detected in these two provinces are primarily imported from Niania in Ituri (province), it is necessary and appropriate … to consider these two provinces as an epidemic zone,” the National Institute of Public Health said in its report.
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