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WHO incident manager Thierno Baldé emphasized that the three-month containment timeline hinges on securing the necessary resources for the response. The agency has received approximately $69.3 million of the $115 million it estimates it needs, or about 60%. Over the past two weeks, teams have added more than 400 treatment beds, deployed 100 additional epidemiologists, and mobilized over 500 community health workers for surveillance and contact tracing efforts. The response also requires vehicles, ambulances, medical supplies, and personnel across an expanding affected area. The virus transmission has now reached Bas-Uélé, making it the sixth affected province.

Moderna has begun testing a new vaccine candidate in Phase 1 for Bundibugyo ebolavirus in Canada. The initial participant received the mRNA-1469 vaccine on August 3 at a site in Truro, Nova Scotia. This trial launches at a time when the virus continues to spread across multiple provinces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The World Health Organization has designated the situation as a public health emergency of international concern.

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Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo rose to 282, with Ituri accounting for most confirmed infections in the eastern outbreak.

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus backs Congo’s Ebola response as Bundibugyo cases rise and cross border monitoring expands regionally.

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus backs Congo’s Ebola response as Bundibugyo cases rise and cross border monitoring expands regionally.

Uganda confirmed five Ebola cases in a Bundibugyo outbreak, with contact tracing focused on exposure, travel and border surveillance.