Africa Business Radio

Health Minister Jean-Jacques Mbungani says the latest Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has been declared over after 42 days without any new infections, The World Health Organization's regional director for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti, says that targeted vaccination and rapid response has made Ebola control more effective. Only five days after the detection of the first case in Beni region, a vaccination campaign was launched and more than 1,800 were jabbed. The WHO says It was also the first time the Everbo Ebola vaccine was used in the country.