{"id":35178,"date":"2026-05-22T19:21:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T17:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=35178"},"modified":"2026-05-22T19:33:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T17:33:59","slug":"bundibugyo-ebola-vaccines-treatments-in-development","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/bundibugyo-ebola-vaccines-treatments-in-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Bundibugyo Ebola vaccines, treatments in development"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span style=\"font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">Global health authorities are racing to identify medical options to help contain an Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) linked to the Bundibugyo strain of the virus.<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"x_ms-outlook-mobile-signature\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Unlike the more common Zaire strain, there are no approved vaccines or treatments for Bundibugyo.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>About 177 suspected deaths \u200band almost 750 suspected cases have been reported in the outbreak, and the World Health Organisation has warned the numbers are likely to rise. Bundibugyo ebolavirus \u00a0has a fatality \u200crate of up to 40%.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>A small number of experimental vaccines and therapies are being assessed, and global health authorities are examining whether any existing Ebola medical options might offer protection, so far supported only by limited animal data.<\/div>\n<div>Most candidates have not yet been tested in humans and would require emergency or compassionate-use authorisation for deployment in DRC.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":34548,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-35178","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"A small number of experimental vaccines and therapies are being assessed.","published_date":"","news_description":"A small number of experimental vaccines and therapies are being assessed.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/35178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/35178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35180,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/35178\/revisions\/35180"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=35178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}