# Africa CDC plans vaccine from different Ebola strain as DRC outbreak spreads

https://mins.news/en/item/15560

- DW, 2026-08-06 21:12 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/ebola-africa-cdc-plans-to-use-vaccine-for-different-strain-as-outbreak-spreads/a-78271789?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> The head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control pledged to deploy a vaccine developed for an earlier Ebola strain in the current outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Test cases have indicated that the vaccine could offer protection at a potentially life-saving level. The plan comes as the outbreak continues to spread.

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