EcoNews: “Ebola out of control, Africa CDC warns. Nearly 5,200 dead, DRC on the brink of a health disaster!”

EcoNews reports a warning from Africa CDC director-general Jean Kaseya that the Bundibugyo-strain Ebola epidemic has exceeded 10,600 confirmed cases and caused nearly 5,200 deaths, mainly in the DRC. Eight provinces and 67 health zones in the country are affected; more than 85% of new cases are not being traced, and nearly two-thirds of deaths occur in communities. In Ituri, insecurity, armed groups and heavy rains are hindering health teams. The WHO has added two candidate vaccines, Oxford’s ChAdOx1 and Moderna’s mRNA-1469, to the Tumaini clinical trial in the DRC.