New virulent Ebola virus strain raises its ugly head in DRC
Cause for concern as three cases suffer acute bleeding, while resistance to isolation, vaccines slows progress
19 May 2022 - 20:32
The strain of Ebola virus that killed all three people known to have caught it in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since April may be more virulent, according to a non-profit group that runs three treatment centres there...
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