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WHO enrolled first patients in a clinical trial testing remdesivir and MBP-134 against Bundibugyo virus, announced around July 2, 2026.
WHY THIS MATTERS · This matters because an Ebola flare-up that jumps a porous DRC border into a city or refugee corridor can overwhelm fragile health systems fast, and the only real brakes are limited vaccine stockpiles and rapid-response teams that take days to deploy.
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"Last Thursday, the World Health Organization announced that the first patients were enrolled in a clinical trial designed to test two drugs against Bundibugyo."
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- The DRC Ebola outbreak has claimed at least 452 lives, according to figures as of 3 July 2026.
- A humanitarian doctor tested positive for Ebola in France, the first case on French territory, after flying from DRC on 23 June 2026.
- The French Ebola patient recovered after two negative PCR tests and was discharged, French Health Minister Stéphanie Rist said.
- Five other passengers on the doctor's Air France flight were identified as possible contacts and placed in isolation.
- An Ebola case was recently confirmed in Kisangani, a major DRC city 600 km from the outbreak epicentre.
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