00:00On Saturday in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Ituri province in Bunia, a clinical trial for a new Ebola
00:06vaccine was launched amidst the daily and fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in the country's history.
00:12The Tumayini trial will evaluate candidate vaccines against the Ebola strain caused by the Bundibugio virus among contacts of confirmed
00:21cases.
00:21The trial is led by the National Institute for Biomedical Research, which serves as Congo's National Public Health Laboratory, with
00:29technical, scientific, and logistical support from the World Health Organization.
00:33Since the outbreak was declared in mid-May, the Democratic Republic of the Congo has confirmed more 9,000 cases,
00:39Kenya 9, and Nigeria 1 case this week.
00:42In August, Uganda was declared Ebola-free after reporting 20 cases.
00:52The Tumayini trial was declared by the U.S. Department of the Congo.
