DRC receives 16,000 Ebola vaccine doses as outbreak spreads faster than ever

The Democratic Republic of Congo received 16,250 Ervebo doses, the first batch of 70,000 expected, with 2,557 deaths so far.

Why it mattersWithout urgent vaccine and containment, the outbreak could surpass 2014-2016's West African epidemic that killed over 11,000 people. Armed conflict, attacks on health workers and medical facilities, and weak infrastructure are making control harder.