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WHO Urges More Funding for DRC Ebola Outbreak

8/4/2026

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  • WHO called for greater support to combat the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
  • The outbreak, declared on 15 May, has 3,802 cases, 1,707 deaths, and nearly 90% of cases in Ituri.
  • Spokesman Tarik Jasarevic said the response exceeds capacity and needs more financing.
  • Phase I trials of ChAdOx1 in Britain, Moderna’s mRNA vaccine in Canada, and Ituri tests of MBP134, remdesivir and oral obeldesivir are under way.