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A new Ebola vaccine is being tested in war-torn Congo

Clip: 10/20/2018 | 4m 45s

The latest Ebola outbreak is the tenth in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since the disease was first reported there in 1976. New intervention techniques including the vaccination of thousands of people are being used to contain the outbreak in the war-torn region. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, joins Hari Sreenivasan for more.

Aired: 10/20/18 | Rating: NR

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