No vaccine for new highly lethal Ebola outbreak, DR Congo warns, as death toll hits 80
Key takeaways
- A new Ebola outbreak in DR Congo has caused at least 246 suspected cases and 80 deaths, according to the latest figures released on Saturday.
- By: FRANCE 24 FILE - A health worker sprays disinfectant on his colleague after working at an Ebola treatment center in Beni, eastern DR Congo on September 9, 2018.
- "The Bundibugyo strain has no vaccine, no specific treatment," Samuel-Roger Kamba told a press briefing in Kinshasa.
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A new Ebola outbreak in DR Congo has caused at least 246 suspected cases and 80 deaths, according to the latest figures released on Saturday. There is currently no vaccine available for the strain, known as Bundibugyo, which is considered highly lethal, the country's health minister Samuel-Roger Kamba told a press briefing in Kinshasa.
By: FRANCE 24 FILE - A health worker sprays disinfectant on his colleague after working at an Ebola treatment center in Beni, eastern DR Congo on September 9, 2018. © Al-hadji Kudra Maliro, AP A new Ebola outbreak in DR Congo that has caused scores of deaths has a "very high lethality rate" and no vaccine nor specific treatment, the country's health minister warned Saturday.
"The Bundibugyo strain has no vaccine, no specific treatment," Samuel-Roger Kamba told a press briefing in Kinshasa.