On May 15, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed that a new outbreak of Ebola virus disease has begun in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ituri province. In previous outbreaks, the virus has killed between 25-90% of those infected. Africa CDC said that there were about 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths so far. Lab tests of a small number of patient samples have confirmed that the pathogen is an Ebola virus. While two vaccines for Ebola are available, they only