The Kivu Ebola epidemic was an outbreak of Ebola virus disease mainly in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and in other parts of Central Africa, from 2018 to 2020. Between 1 August 2018 and 25
Note Above graph begins in Aug. 2018 at one month intervals, then progresses to two month intervals as the outbreak intensifies at beginning of 2019, then finally has a four-month interval until it is declared over (due to a flare up just days prior to the first two 21 day period to call the outbreak over per WHO, which caused a restart of the coutdown) *2018–19 Kivu Ebola epidemic (total cases-deaths as of 25 June 2020) *x indicates (2) 21 day periods have passed and outbreak is over
Democratic Republic of the Congo EVD outbreaks 1976-9 November 2018 (Note: total cases for this date does not reflect 52 suspected cases nor does it reflect the final case numbers) (Uganda has second most EVD cases '00–'01/425 West African Ebola virus epidemic '13-'16/ >28,000)
Goma, the capital of North Kivu province
Fruit bats (group of Rousettus aegyptiacus)
An Ebola vaccine is a vaccine used to prevent Ebola virus disease. There are six known species of ebolavirus; four of them cause Ebola disease.
Kivu Ebola epidemic
…with an indication for the treatment of infection caused by Zaire ebolavirus. On 8 August 2018, the process of vaccination began with rVSV-ZEBOV Ebola vaccine. While several studies have shown the vaccine to be safe and protective against the virus, it is not yet licensed. Consequently, the WHO reported that…
Candidate Ebola vaccine being given