Vaccination campaign holds in Goma after Ebola patient death

An Ebola vaccination campaign is being carried out in Goma, North Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Health workers have been vaccinating people to prevent an outbreak after a patient diagnosed with Ebola died recently. The case is the first in a major urban hub in the region.
Residents wait to receive a vaccine against Ebola outside the Afia Himbi Health Center on July 15, 2019 in Goma. – Authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo have appealed for calm after a preacher fell ill with Ebola in the eastern city of Goma, the first recorded case of the disease in the region’s urban hub in a nearly year-old epidemic. (Photo by Pamela TULIZO / AFP)

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