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- PRO/AH/EDR> Ebola update (39): Congo DR, cases, WHO, response, facilities, treatment, research
Wed, 20 Jun 2018 17:21:09 -0400
Ebola -- DR Congo
In related news, 2 experts with the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, writing in The Lancet [see report below], weighed in on the outbreak response, applauding the DRC for acting quickly and for using VSV-EBOV in a ring program that targets contacts.
"The response to the current outbreak in DRC has been rapid at the national, continental, and international levels. The DRC Health Minister, Oly Ilunga Kalenga, has led his country's response with pragmatism and expediency,