DRC to receive 70 000 Ervebo vaccines to contain Ebola outbreak: WHO
The Democratic Republic of Congo has been allocated 70 000 doses of Merck’s Ervebo vaccine for Ebola, the World Health Organisation said on Thursday, as the country attempts to contain its biggest ever outbreak of the deadly disease.
Last week, Congo had requested a release of Ervebo vaccines from the global Ebola virus disease vaccine stockpile, managed by the International Coordinating Group (ICG) on Vaccine Provision, according to WHO.
Congo’s 17th Ebola epidemic became the country’s biggest on record in late July by case count, with the death toll now at 2 378 — surpassing the previous worst outbreak in 2018-2020.
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