Nurse dead in DR Congo as Ebola vaccination campaign begins

A nurse has died from Ebola in Bikoro, the rural town in the north-west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo where the outbreak began, as the country begins a vaccination campaign.

Nurse dead in DR Congo as Ebola vaccination campaign begins
Mon, 21 May, 2018 - 14:28

A nurse has died from Ebola in Bikoro, the rural town in the north-west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo where the outbreak began, as the country begins a vaccination campaign.

Health minister Oly Ilunga said the nurse's death brings the death toll to 27.

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