WHO warns DRC Ebola outbreak may become largest ever as vaccine trial talks advance

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Talks are underway between authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the World Health Organization to expedite the start of a multi-armed Phase 3 clinical trial of vaccines geared towards helping to contain spread of the Bundibugyo virus in the northeast of the country, which the director-general of the global health agency warned Wednesday is on track to become the largest Ebola outbreak on record.

“It’s already the second-biggest Ebola epidemic on record, and it’s moving faster than any previous Ebola outbreak. At its current pace, it’s on track to eclipse the West African Ebola outbreak of 2014 to 2016,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said during a news conference in Geneva.

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