Epidemic
Open on the map2018 Democratic Republic of the Congo Ebola virus outbreak
8 May 2018 – 24 Jul 2018 · 0.75° S, 18.12° E
What the records say
- When
- 8 May 2018 – 24 Jul 2018
- Kind
- Epidemic
- Coordinates
- 0.75° S, 18.12° E
- Description
- disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Deaths
- 33
2018 Équateur Province Ebola outbreak
Disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The 2018 Équateur Province Ebola outbreak occurred in the north-west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from May to July 2018. It was contained entirely within Équateur Province, and was the first time that vaccination with the rVSV-ZEBOV Ebola vaccine had been attempted in the early stages of an Ebola outbreak, with a total of 3,481 people vaccinated. It was the ninth recorded Ebola outbreak in the DRC.
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