DR Congo receives Ebola vaccines in face of 'exponential' outbreak

The Democratic Republic of Congo has received a shipment of over 16,000 Ebola vaccine doses to combat an ongoing outbreak. Health authorities are scaling up intervention efforts as the virus continues to spread throughout the region.

Official data indicates that the epidemic has already claimed more than 2,500 lives. Representatives from the World Health Organization have issued warnings that the current crisis has the potential to exceed the scale of the deadliest Ebola epidemic previously recorded.