Health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo began administering an experimental Ebola vaccine in the northwestern city of Mbandaka on Monday, as the country battles to contain its ninth outbreak of the hemorrhagic fever.
The first people to receive the vaccine were staff at a 20-bed Ebola treatment center set up by medical charity Doctors Without Borders in Mbandaka, said Jessica Ilungu, a spokeswoman for Congo’s public-health ministry. People, including relatives, who have come into contact with patients suspected...