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Ebola vaccine trial to start in DR Congo as warning issued over speed of infections

Name: Ebola vaccine trial to start in DR Congo as warning issued over speed of infections
Start: 2026-08-21T15:00:19Z
Location: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo · Sahel + Sudan + DRC region

lat/lon -4.441900, 15.266300 detected 2026-08-21T15:00:19Z updated 2026-08-21T15:00:19Z

Single-source report, not yet corroborated. About half of the 2,500 recorded deaths from Ebola happened in the last 20 days, the WHO says.

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