Deadly Ebola outbreak is over
An outbreak of the Ebola virus in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has officially ended. The virus had been raging in the region since 2018. It infected at least 3,470 people, and killed 66% of them. The epidemic occurred in a region of the DRC plagued by 25 years of war and political instability — but it was the first Ebola outbreak in which a vaccine for the virus was widely deployed. More than 80% of the more than 300,000 people who were vaccinated didn’t get the disease, and those who developed Ebola after vaccination had milder cases. The good news is tempered by the spread of a fresh Ebola outbreak in the country’s northwest.
Nature | 4 min read
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