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AN experimental Ebola vaccine will be administered tomorrow in Mbandaka, the Congolese city of 1.2 million people where some residents are infected, Health Minister Oly Ilunga announced today.
“The vaccination campaign begins tomorrow … It will target first the health staff, the contacts of the sick and the contacts of the contacts,” he said.
Initially, the campaign will target 600 people, but more than 4,000 doses are already in Congo and more are on the way, according to officials.
The vaccine is still in the test stages, but it was effective in the West Africa outbreak a few years ago.
Four new cases have been confirmed as Ebola, the Health Ministry confirmed yesterday morning.
A total of 46 cases of haemorrhagic fever have been reported, including 21 confirmed cases of Ebola, 21 probable and four suspected.
President Joseph Kabila and his cabinet agreed on Saturday to increase funds for the emergency to around £3 million.
