The outbreak grows to 159 cases, 127 of them confirmed, and 104 deaths.
The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) yesterday announced that it has awarded a contract worth as much as $19 million to Oxford University and Janssen Vaccines to advance the development and manufacture of a vaccine against MERS-CoV and do preclinical studies of new vaccines against Lassa and Nipah viruses.
There are now 155 cases (124 confirmed, 31 probable), including 102 deaths, in the outbreak.
Also, officials report a new case in Beni.
The DRC reports 150 confirmed and suspected cases, with 9 cases under investigation.
Cases have now reached 149, including 100 fatalities.
The case is in Tchomia, on Lake Albert, which straddles the DRC-Uganda border.
As the number of Ebola cases and deaths held steady in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) over the last 2 days, the number of people vaccinated passed the 10,000 mark.
The outbreak increased by 2 infections and now stands at 142 cases (111 confirmed).
Tests have confirmed Ebola in three more people, all from the hot spot in Beni, the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC's) health ministry said today.
