{"id":22323,"date":"2025-09-14T19:04:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T19:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/22323\/"},"modified":"2025-09-14T19:04:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T19:04:04","slug":"dr-congo-begins-vaccinating-against-new-ebola-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/22323\/","title":{"rendered":"DR Congo begins vaccinating against new Ebola outbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first shipment of vaccines was handed out to those most at risk from the virus, including frontline health workers and close contacts of infected people, the WHO statement said.<\/p>\n

Delivery of another 45,000 vaccines to the DRC had been approved by the International Coordinating Group on Vaccine Provision, the United Nations health agency added.<\/p>\n

Ebola was first identified in the DRC, then known as Zaire, in 1976.<\/p>\n

In the last half-century, the virus, which is spread through direct contact with bodily fluids, has gone on to kill around 15,000 in Africa.<\/p>\n

The disease causes severe bleeding and organ failure, with the WHO recording epidemic fatality rates of between 25% and 90%.<\/p>\n

Scientists have identified six strains of the Ebola virus, with the Zaire strain believed to be responsible for the latest outbreak.<\/p>\n

While there is a vaccine for the Zaire strain, not all of the others are covered by vaccines.<\/p>\n

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