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TUE, 22 SEPT · 78 ITEMS
Anadolu Agency, Xinhua, AP + 6 more · Humanitarian & Biosphere
9 outletshas expanded its Ebola vaccination campaign to the province, with over 3,700 people now vaccinated. This is part of the ongoing response to the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo, likely using the rVSV-ZEBOV vaccine, and indicates that health authorities are extending ring vaccination to new areas to curb transmission.
The claim is sourced from Xinhua, a reputable secondary source that cites a named primary source (presumably the DR Congo health ministry or WHO). The details are likely reliable, though the exact vaccination count and timing depend on the primary release.
This appears to be genuinely new reporting on a current vaccination expansion, not resurfaced material.
We covered the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo in August 2026, reporting that it had killed 1,700 people; this vaccination expansion is part of the response to that same outbreak.