KINSHASA -- The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Thursday launched Ebola vaccination with the Ervebo vaccine under a compassionate-use framework in the northeastern province of Tshopo, as the country steps up efforts to contain the ongoing Bundibugyo ebolavirus outbreak.
DRC health minister Roger Kamba officially launched the vaccination in Kisangani, capital of Tshopo Province, with health care and frontline workers among the first groups to receive the vaccine. "We have decided to use the Ervebo vaccine to protect first those who are on the front line, therefore our health care providers, but also people who have been in contact with patients," Kamba said. (DRC-Ebola-Health)
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TEHRAN -- Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday that the country does not seek war, but will not submit to bullying.
Pezeshkian made the remarks in a meeting with Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani in the Iranian capital Tehran, according to a statement on the website of his office. (Iran-U.S.-War)
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ADEN -- Yemen's Houthi group fired missiles at government-held islands overlooking international shipping lanes in the Red Sea on Thursday, the state-run Saba TV channel reported.
Citing a military source, the channel said the Houthis targeted the islands with ballistic missiles, without identifying them or providing information on casualties or damage. (Yemen-Houthis-Red Sea)
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BEIRUT -- Israeli warplanes launched multiple airstrikes across southern Lebanon on Thursday evening, the Lebanese National News Agency(NNA) reported.
Strikes targeted the Wadi Slouqi area in the Bint Jbeil district and Mansouri in the Tyre district, said NNA. (Lebanon-Israeli Strikes) ■
