UPSC | Prelims GS | 2026

The first clinical trial of an Ebola vaccine in the outbreak described in the newspaper began in which country?

  1. Democratic Republic of Congo
  2. Jordan
  3. Iran
  4. Cuba

Answer

Correct Answer

Democratic Republic of Congo

Explanation

Correct: A. The WHO chief announced that participants in Bunia, Democratic Republic of Congo, received the first doses in the new Tumaini vaccine trial.

B appears elsewhere in the paper in connection with a church attack, not Ebola research.

C is associated with regional conflict and medicine-delivery reporting, not this trial.

D appears in a separate intelligence-related story and is not the trial location.

Topics: democratic republic of congo vaccine trial, ebola outbreak, public health, science and technology