PRO/AH/EDR> Ebola update (29): Congo DR, cases, MSF, antivirals

Ebola — DR Congo
Ebola is back. The disease that killed more than 11 000 people in West Africa just a few years ago has returned, striking the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Last week [week of 28 May 2018], intervention with a new vaccine was initiated to help contain the outbreak, adding another tool to a response that is exponentially better than it was 4 years ago. But we are not out of the woods. No matter how long this Ebola outbreak continues, the world faces critical tests in its battle against