Overview

• Health authorities report that 943 contacts are under follow-up, with more than 90% of contacts of confirmed cases now monitored.
• Ring vaccination with Ervebo has reached 523 frontline workers and contacts, with additional doses approved and an initial 2,000 delivered, though storage and access constraints are slowing wider rollout.
• A 34-bed Ebola treatment centre in Bulape is operational, with 16 patients receiving care and the first two recoveries discharged earlier this week.
• WHO says 14 patients have received the Mab114 monoclonal antibody therapy at treatment sites.
• Officials identify the index patient as a 34-year-old pregnant woman who was buried without safe practices, with the source of her infection still under investigation.