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    China may compete with the West for limited opportunities to test Ebola vaccine

    China is making a bid to use its Ebola vaccine in the DRC, which could further complicate efforts to test a crowded field of vaccines and therapies in the context…
    by Helen Branswell Jun 08, 2018 4 minutes
    Health workers operate within an Ebola safety zone in the health center in Iyonda, near Mbandaka, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on June 1.

    China is making a bid to use its Ebola vaccine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It’s a move that could further complicate efforts to test a crowded field of vaccines and therapies in the context of a waning outbreak.

    The head of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Gao Fu, is reported to have said that a team of experts will travel to the DRC on Friday, bringing with them an unspecified number of doses of vaccine.

    “We will seek to use the Chinese developed vaccine there to help with control and prevention of the disease, but for the present the vaccines will likely only cover Chinese living in Congo,” Gao is reported as saying in .

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