# DR Congo begins vaccinating against its largest and deadliest Ebola outbreak

https://mins.news/en/item/37054

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-29 18:13 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/8/29/dr-congo-begins-vaccinating-against-largest-and-deadliest-ebola-outbreak?traffic_source=rss

> The Democratic Republic of the Congo has begun a vaccination campaign against its largest and deadliest recorded Ebola outbreak. Some 70,000 Ervebo doses have arrived, but the vaccine has not been shown to work against the Bundibugyo strain, which has killed 2,786 of 5,795 confirmed cases since May.

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