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Ebola in DR Congo: Childhood deaths rise; hopes raised over new vaccine

More than 300 children have died in the Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN said on Friday, as health experts urged trials of…

Ebola in DR Congo: Childhood deaths rise; hopes raised over new vaccine
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Pressivio’s World desk has added the source report “Ebola in DR Congo: Childhood deaths rise; hopes raised over new vaccine” to its international monitoring stream.

More than 300 children have died in the Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN said on Friday, as health experts urged trials of the only vaccine against the disease to halt further spread of the rare Bundibugyo species.

Original source: UN News
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