DRC Ebola Outbreak: Potential Treatment Trial Begins

Geneva. A trial for a potential treatment against a new strain of the deadly Ebola virus spreading in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has begun.

World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus informed on Thursday that the first patient in Congo has been included in this trial. According to the WHO, more than 1,400 infections have been confirmed in Congo alone so far, with 438 deaths.