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    Experimental Ebola Vaccinations, Considered 'Paradigm Shift,' Begin In Congo

    The vaccine is still unlicensed but has passed drug trials with flying colors. Authorities have begun administering thousands of doses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to fight the outbreak.
    by Colin Dwyer May 21, 2018 2 minutes
    Doctors Without Borders staff enter an Ebola security zone at the entrance of the Wangata Reference Hospital in Mbandaka, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

    Health workers have unsheathed their experimental new weapon against the Ebola virus in the northwest reaches of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. On Monday, the World Health Organization, together with local and international partners, began administering Ebola vaccinations in the region, where at least 49 suspected cases have been reported since early April and at least 26 people are believed to have died.

    More than. Health workers in the bustling port city of Mbandaka and the remote village of Bikoro have to receive their vaccines.

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