Due to the rise of Ebola cases, humanitarian partners ease the delivery of more than 350 doses of the vaccine to the Bulape health zone, the epicenter of the epidemic, where rapid response teams were mobilized to focus on case detection and surveillance.

OCHA stated that they are also working on clinical management, infection control and prevention, risk communication, and community engagement.

The agency noted that a shortage of medical supplies and logistical capacity issues are hampering the response, leading them to consider the need for urgent funding.

The DRC declared its 16th outbreak of Ebola on September 4, in which it had 2,000 doses of the vaccine in its national stockpile to fight the virus. It also received assistance from the World Health Organization (WHO) in terms of experts and supplies.

Local press informed that the International Coordinating Group (ICG) on Vaccine Provision approved the shipment of 45,000 doses of the Ervebo vaccine to the country, although the immunization of frontline healthcare workers and contacts of infected people had already started.

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