00:00And global health officials are considering the emergency use of experimental vaccines and treatments to fight the fast-growing Ebola
00:07outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
00:09According to World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adam Ghebreyesus, the outbreak has reached at least 500 suspected cases and
00:16130 deaths, a sharp increase from the figures reported just days earlier.
00:21Health authorities confirm the outbreak is linked to the Boogio strain of Ebola, a rare variant for which there is
00:27currently no approved vaccine or treatment.
00:30In this context, scientists and the DRC and Uganda have published the virus genome online on Monday, and early analysis
00:36suggests the outbreak likely began through a spillover event, meaning the virus was transmitted from an infected animal to a
00:42human before spreading between people.
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