An outbreak of Ebola has been declared in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Photo: AP PHOTO

The World Health Organization says it has begun vaccinating frontline health workers and contacts of people infected with Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Kasai Province, where an outbreak has been declared.

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The WHO said an initial 400 doses of the Ervebo Ebola vaccine from the country's stockpile of 2000 doses have been delivered to Bulape, which is the outbreak's epicentre.

The International Coordinating Group on Vaccine Provision has approved the dispatch of some 45,0

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