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      <text>Oxford University reports the first volunteer to be injected with the Ebola vaccine aimed at targeting the Bundibugyo ebolavirus strain of Ebola that is causing a outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. </text>
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    <text>Oxford University reports the first volunteer that has been injected with the Ebola vaccine aimed at targeting the Bundibugyo ebolavirus strain of Ebola that is causing a outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. </text>
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      <text>The World Health Organization reports that 80% of cases of Ebola in the eastern area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are from a unknown chains of transmission. Additionally, the death toll from Ebola reaches 700. </text>
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    <text>The World Health Organization reports that 80% of cases of Ebola in eastern DRC are from unknown chains of transmission. Additionally, the death toll from Ebola reaches 700. </text>
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    <text>The University of Oxford begins the first human trial of its ChAdOx1 BDBV vaccine for the Bundibugyo strain of the ebolavirus. </text>
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      <text>Moderna announces that it will partner with the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) to develop a vaccine for the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus. </text>
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    <text>Moderna announces that it will partner with the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations to develop a vaccine for the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus. </text>
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    <text>World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus visits the Democratic Republic of the Congo and states that the Ebola outbreak can still be contained. </text>
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    <text>Russian health minister Mikhail Murashko says that Russia has developed a breakthrough vaccine for the Bundibugyo ebolavirus strain of the disease. </text>
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    <text>The World Health Organization warns that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda is outpacing response efforts, with at least 220 suspected deaths reported. </text>
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      <text>The World Health Organization raises its assessment of the risk from the outbreak within the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from &quot;high&quot; to &quot;very high&quot; due to its rapid spread. </text>
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    <text>The World Health Organization raises its assessment of the risk from the Ebola outbreak within the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from &quot;high&quot; to &quot;very high&quot; due to its rapid spread, while keeping it &quot;low&quot; at the global level. Director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says that the outbreak in Uganda is stable. </text>
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    <text>The World Health Organization reports that the Ebola virus outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo likely began two months ago due to a superspreading event, and initially went undetected. </text>
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    <text>The World Health Organization begins Ebola vaccinations for exposed individuals and health workers in Kasaï Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. </text>
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  <text>Singapore-based Hilleman Laboratories announces plans to advance an rVSV-based vaccine against the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola into human trials after World Health Organization experts identified it as the most promising candidate for the epidemic. </text>
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