World Health
Organization (WHO) announced on Thursday the start of a clinical trial in the Democratic
Republic of Congo (DRC) to test potential treatments for the current lethal
Ebola outbreak.
WHO
Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus confirmed that medical teams have
enrolled the first patient in the DRC. WHO has officially declared the
outbreak, which began in May across the DRC and Uganda, a public health
emergency.
This specific
Bundibugyo virus strain is highly infectious...