DR Congo rolls out Ebola vaccine for health workers as death toll rises

Health workers in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo began receiving the Ervebo vaccine on Saturday in Bunia, capital of Ituri province, the epicentre of the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history. Backed by the WHO and MSF, the campaign will vaccinate 50,000 health and frontline workers with a jab developed for the Zaire strain, while 20,000 recipients are monitored for up to a year to gauge its effectiveness against the current Bundibugyo strain, for which no licensed vaccine or proven treatment exists.