The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo has climbed to 260 as officials updated their estimates of the outbreak’s size and international health organizations warned of the risk of further spread.
Health Minister Roger Kamba reported the revised tally Saturday at a press conference in Bunia, the city at the epicenter of the outbreak, and said US health authorities had agreed to support Congo’s use of an experimental antibody treatment in a mid-stage trial. The research will help determine the efficacy of the medication, “which is very promising,” he said.
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