DR Congo set to receive 70,000 Ervebo doses as Ebola infections rise
The World Health Organization says 70,000 doses of the Ervebo Ebola vaccine are being allocated to the Democratic Republic of the Congo amid a major outbreak.
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- The World Health Organization says 70,000 doses of the Ervebo Ebola vaccine are being allocated to the Democratic Republic of the Congo amid a major outbreak.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is set to receive 70,000 doses of the Ervebo Ebola vaccine as infections rise, according to an Al Jazeera report published on August 20, 2026.
The report attributed the allocation to the World Health Organization and described the emergency as the country’s largest Ebola outbreak, with nearly 2,500 deaths reported. Vaccine deployment is intended to support the public-health response as authorities confront continuing transmission.
The available source item did not provide a delivery timetable or a regional breakdown for the doses. Those details, along with any changing case and death totals, remain subject to official updates.
