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16,000 Evibo doses arrive in Congo
On Friday, a shipment containing 16,250 doses of the Ebola vaccine "Ervebo" arrived in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, amid an outbreak considered one of the deadliest in the country's history. The country is currently experiencing a severe outbreak that will claim more lives, with the government recording so far 5,290 confirmed cases and 2,516 deaths, along with a rapidly escalating rate of transmission. Although the vaccine has proven effective against the previous strain of the Ebola virus, its effectiveness against the current strain "Bundibugyo" remains unconfirmed, and widespread trials are underway to assess its protective capability. The World Health Organization plans to deploy 50,000 doses to healthcare workers, and 20,000 doses will be used for clinical trials. Ebola remains a deadly disease, having claimed the lives of more than 15,000 people over the past fifty years, despite the availability of modern vaccines and treatments.
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