{"id":871618,"date":"2025-09-09T01:12:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T06:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/09\/congo-to-vaccinate-health-workers-contacts-amid-ebola-outbreak\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T01:12:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T06:12:18","slug":"congo-to-vaccinate-health-workers-contacts-amid-ebola-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/09\/congo-to-vaccinate-health-workers-contacts-amid-ebola-outbreak\/","title":{"rendered":"Congo to vaccinate health workers, contacts amid ebola outbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=http:\/\/www.africanews.com\/2025\/09\/06\/congo-to-vaccinate-health-workers-contacts-amid-ebola-outbreak\/\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n            <i><\/i><br \/>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/li>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=http:\/\/www.africanews.com\/2025\/09\/06\/congo-to-vaccinate-health-workers-contacts-amid-ebola-outbreak\/\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n            <i><\/i><br \/>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/li>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=http:\/\/www.africanews.com\/2025\/09\/06\/congo-to-vaccinate-health-workers-contacts-amid-ebola-outbreak\/\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n            <i><\/i><br \/>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/li>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Congo to vaccinate health workers, contacts amid Ebola outbreak&#038;body=http:\/\/www.africanews.com\/2025\/09\/06\/congo-to-vaccinate-health-workers-contacts-amid-ebola-outbreak\/\"><br \/>\n            <i><\/i><br \/>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/li>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"whatsapp:\/\/send?text=http:\/\/www.africanews.com\/2025\/09\/06\/congo-to-vaccinate-health-workers-contacts-amid-ebola-outbreak\/\" data-action=\"share\/whatsapp\/share\"><br \/>\n            <i><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.africanews.com\/images\/whatsapp_logo.png\"><\/i><br \/>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section>\n<header>\n<div>\n<p>\n                                                      May 31, 2018, file photo: Congolese health officials prepare to disinfect people and buildings at the Mbandaka General Reference Hospital in Congo<br \/>\n                                                                                  <span>\u00a0\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p> Copyright \u00a9 africanews <\/p>\n<p><span> John Bompengo\/Copyright 2018 The AP. All rights reserved. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n              By Africanews\n          <\/p>\n<p><time datetime=\"2025-09-08 12:40:33\"><br \/>\n        <i><\/i><br \/>\n              <span>Last updated:<\/span><br \/>\n                                          19 hours ago<br \/>\n                            <\/time>\n                        <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<h4>\n<p>                                                <a href=\"http:\/\/www.africanews.com\/country\/democratic-republic-of-congo\/\"><br \/>\n                        Democratic Republic Of Congo<br \/>\n                    <\/a><br \/>\n                                    <\/h4>\n<p>    <\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Facing a new outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus, Congo has a stockpile of treatments and of the Ervebo Ebola vaccine, according to the World Health Organization.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The World Health Organization said it dispatched its experts alongside Congo\u2019s Rapid Response Team to Kasai province to strengthen disease surveillance, treatment and infection prevention and control in health facilities. It is also delivering supplies including personal protective equipment, mobile laboratory equipment and medical supplies.<\/p>\n<p>Congo has a stockpile of treatments and of the Ervebo Ebola vaccine, WHO said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We had previously prepositioned 2,000 doses of Ebola vaccine in Kinshasa, which we are releasing to vaccinate contacts and health workers,&#8221; said WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the 16th outbreak of Ebola in Congo, and Health Minister Samuel-Roger Kamba said the fatality rate, estimated at 53.6%, showed the gravity of the situation.<\/p>\n<p>The confirmed case was of a 34-year-old pregnant woman in the locality of Boulap\u00e9, in southern Kasai province. Research on the suspected cases was ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo date, the provisional report shows 28 suspected cases and 15 deaths, including 14 in Boulap\u00e9 and 1 in Mweka, as well as four health care workers,\u201d Kamba said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>\n<p>                                You may also like<br \/>\n                                    <\/h2>\n<ul>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <span \n                data-original-string='Ch7J2T4n8TLLhM2LT168bQ==7f4mw74cjng6rTxrjXalxnChTwMbua3ubdESskvue8L8iM='\n                class='apbct-email-encoder'\n                title='This contact has been encoded by Anti-Spam by CleanTalk. Click to decode. 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