The WHO says clinicians in treatment centers will make decisions on what drugs to use, based on what's most helpful to patients and with patients' informed consent.
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) reported six more suspected cases of Ebola, including five in Bikoro and one in Wangata in its latest outbreak update. All of the new cases are known contacts of previously recorded cases.
Of 53 cases, 37 are confirmed, 13 probable, and 3 suspected; deaths remain at 25.
The Democratic Republic of Congo's health ministry yesterday and today ruled out some suspected cases based on lab tests and confirmed 2 more in the remote Iboko outbreak location, dropping the outbreak total to 50 cases, including 37 confirmed and 13 probable, with no suspected cases. No new deaths were reported, keeping that total at 25.
Cases now total 51, and vaccine uptake has been high among more than 900 case contacts identified.
Vaccination is under way in two remote areas as officials get closer to testing as many as five treatments.
A report from the Kaiser Family Foundation says the US role in outbreak response is key but less prominent in the face of stronger international capacity.
Also, new reports cover vaccine challenges and lessons learned in West Africa.
With worries about the disease spreading in Mbandaka, the WHO said the DRC risk is very high and the regional risk is high.
More than $25 million is newly pledged for an outbreak that has grown to 51 total cases, 28 confirmed.
