WHO Hopes to Use Ebola Vaccine to Stem Outbreak in Remote Area of Congo

WHO Hopes to Use Ebola Vaccine to Stem Outbreak in Remote Area of Congo
Travellers queue to be screened after the Kenya Airports Authority installed health devices to screen for Ebola outbreak at the Jomo Kenyatta airport in Nairobi, Kenya May 11, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer
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GENEVA—The World Health Organization said on Friday it hopes to deploy an experimental Ebola vaccine to tackle an outbreak in a remote area of Congo to prevent it spreading, particularly to the provincial capital of 1 million people.

Congo reported the outbreak on Tuesday, with 32 suspected, probable or confirmed cases of the disease since April 4, including 18 deaths. A new suspected case was reported on Friday.