DR Congo launches vaccination against Ebola after new case reported

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DR Congo launches vaccination against Ebola after new case reported

STORY: DR Congo launches vaccination against Ebola after new case reported DATELINE: Aug. 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:34 LOCATION: BENI, DR Congo CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the vaccination site against Ebola in Beni, NE DR Congo 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): JOHN MUHINDO MUHOTHOLO, Staff of the morgue in Beni 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (French): MAITRE PEPIN KAVOTHA, Head of the civil society in Beni STORYLINE: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) launched on Thursday the vaccination against the Ebola virus in Beni, a city in the northeastern North Kivu province, after a new confirmed case was reported on Monday by the Congolese health authorities. The vaccination campaign kicked off at the Beni reference hospital, with the "objective to protect frontline workers who will, in turn, vaccinate contacts," according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Over 200 doses of Ervebo vaccines (rVSV-ZEBOV) have been provided by WHO to vaccinate frontline health workers, identified contacts, and contacts of conta

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