The press

The World Health Organization and the African Union's Public Health Agency have launched a joint plan worth $518 million to combat the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which has resulted in 381 cases and 64 deaths so far. Efforts are focused on strengthening coordination, surveillance, and prevention amid the outbreak of the "Bundibugyo" strain, which is considered the largest of its kind since the previous two waves of outbreaks in 2007 and 2012. Currently, there are no approved vaccines for this strain.