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Congo receives more than 16,000 doses of Ebola vaccine as it grapples with unprecedented outbreak

Headline from Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, from the development of Aug 21, 2026

Newest development Aug 22, 2026 · 4 reportsDR Congo receives Ebola vaccines in face of 'exponential' outbreak

BUNIA, Congo — Congo has received more than 16,000 doses of the Ervebo vaccine as the country grapples with the fastest Ebola outbreak in history, the country's health minister said.

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    Congo receives more than 16,000 doses of Ebola vaccine as it grapples with unprecedented outbreak

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    DR Congo receives Ebola vaccines in face of 'exponential' outbreak

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  1. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    WHO: Congo to receive vaccines for Ebola (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    BUNIA, Congo -- Congo will receive 70,000 doses of the Ervebo vaccine, which has been effective in past Ebola outbreaks, the World Health Organization and partners said Thursday, announcing a step seen as a major boost to efforts to contain what officials have described as the fastest Ebola outbreak…

  2. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Congo receives more than 16,000 doses of Ebola vaccine as it grapples with unprecedented outbreak (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    BUNIA, Congo — Congo has received more than 16,000 doses of the Ervebo vaccine as the country grapples with the fastest Ebola outbreak in history, the country's health minister said.

  3. France 24

    Ebola epidemic in DR Congo is spreading 18 times faster than deadliest outbreak on record (opens France 24)

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    More than 2,500 people have already died in the Ebola epidemic currently gripping the Democratic Republic of Congo. The UN coordinator for the outbreak has warned that the virus is spreading exponentially – adding that an existing pool of funds is set to run out within weeks.

  4. Al Jazeera

    More than 16,000 doses of Ervebo vaccine arrive in Ebola-hit DR Congo (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    The doses are the first of 70,000 allocated for Kinshasa as experts warn of the virus's exponential spread.

  5. Al Jazeera

    Ebola continues to spread in the DRC as 16,000 vaccine doses arrive (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Health authorities are warning that ‘approximately one person has been dying from Ebola every thirty minutes’.

  6. France 24

    DR Congo receives Ebola vaccines in face of 'exponential' outbreak (opens France 24)

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    The Democratic Republic of Congo has received more than 16,000 doses of an Ebola vaccine, as authorities step up efforts against the ongoing outbreak. More than 2,500 people have already died and health officials from the WHO are warning this epidemic could surpass the deadliest on record – that occ…

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