Ebola outbreak: DRC records over 1000 death

A member of parliament, Muhindo Nzangi Butondo, from the east of the Democratic of Republic of Congo, says he does not want residents to be guinea pigs for a new vaccine.

Butondo’s comments come a day after former heath minister Oly Ilunga resigned, saying it was fanciful to think that another vaccine would have much impact on the control of current outbreak.

He argued that the Ebola outbreak was a public health emergency that should be coordinated by the government.

The lawmaker warned against the risk of installing a parallel health system that he says is not going to build local capacities.

More than 1,700 people have died since the start of an Ebola outbreak nearly one year ago.