UPSC | Prelims GS | 2026
The first clinical trial of an Ebola vaccine in the outbreak described in the newspaper began in which country?
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Jordan
- Iran
- 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