UK scientists developing Ebola vaccine that could be ready for trials in months

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Scientists at Oxford University are developing a new vaccine that could be ready for clinical trials within two to three months to help tackle the Ebola emergency.

The outbreak, centred on the Democratic Republic of Congo, has resulted in 750 suspected cases and 177 deaths.

The rare species of Ebola, known as Bundibugyo, for which there is no proven vaccine, kills around a third of those infected.

There are no guarantees the vaccine will prove effective and it will take animal research and trials on people to know if it will be.

But scientists say they are working urgently in case the outbreak spirals and their experimental vaccine is needed.

The risk from the current Ebola outbreak has now been upgraded from "high" to "very high" in the Democratic Republic of Congo, by the World Health Organization (WHO).

In the wider region the risk is also now considered to be high but it remains low internationally, it added.

This comes after the WHO declared a public health emergency of international concern on Sunday, when it stressed that the outbreak was not a pandemic.

 

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International disease Response group targets Ebola vaccine within 100 days​

An international disease response group hopes a vaccine for the Ebola virus ravaging central Africa can be developed within 100 days.

The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) funds the development of new vaccines and is looking at potential candidates for the Bundibugyo strain, for which there is no vaccine.

Jane Halton, CEPI's board chair, highlighted an urgent need for a vaccine, saying the number of cases recorded so far may be only the tip of the iceberg.

"I can guarantee you that we will be in a position to respond faster than we would have been five years ago," said Hatton.

"Will we achieve it in 100 days? Possibly, it's a big lift. We are now into the many hundreds of cases and hundreds of deaths, but the truth of the matter is that real numbers are much bigger than that."

The World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern over the weekend.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where the virus first emerged, says the disease has caused 160 suspected deaths so far, while the WHO has identified 671 suspected cases across DRC and Uganda.

Two cases have also been confirmed in Uganda.

Another Ebola case has been detected in eastern DRC's South Kivu province, hundreds of kilometres from the outbreak’s epicentre.

The area is under the control of a rebel alliance and efforts to contain the spread is hampered by the DRC’s long-running conflicts, including between the Congolese army and the M23 group.

At a meeting of the South Kivu multi-sector task force for Ebola response in Bukavu, officials under the AFC/M23 militia alliance said one confirmed case and one death had been recorded near the provincial capital.

Health authorities said a second suspected case had also been detected and placed in isolation awaiting test results.

The development adds to concerns that the virus had circulated undetected for nearly two months before being identified last week in Ituri province.


https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1855641-20260522.htm

 

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True Believer is very afraid of death, he will sure to volunteer himself for unlimited jabs and trails.

 

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