# Ebola vaccine trial to begin in DR Congo as WHO warns infections are accelerating

https://mins.news/en/item/28518

- BBC News, 2026-08-21 13:44 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czxe9n0vxzdo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> The Democratic Republic of the Congo will use 20,000 Ervebo vaccine doses in a trial to test protection against the Bundibugyo strain driving the current outbreak; another 50,000 doses are intended for frontline health workers. The WHO says infections are growing exponentially, with about half of nearly 2,500 deaths occurring in the past 20 days.

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