Congo declares new Ebola outbreak; Merck vaccine to be used

Just days after an Ebola outbreak that killed 33 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ended, the central Africa nation declared a new outbreak with four confirmed cases, Reuters reports. 

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Congo will start using Ebola vaccine manufactured by Merck as early as next week. Four people tested positive for Ebola in and around Mangina, a town in North Kivu province. Another 20 people died from unidentified hemorrhagic fevers in July.

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