Add InterestThe World Health Organization says Ebola vaccinations soon will begin in South Sudan as the country is at "very high risk" in the current outbreak based in neighboring Congo. A statement says South Sudan's health ministry will begin vaccinating some health workers and other frontline workers in the capital, Juba, on Dec. 19. No Ebola cases have been reported in South Sudan or any of Congo's neighbors in this outbreak, which is now the second-deadliest in history. The WHO statement says more than 2,000 doses have been allocated to South Sudan. Congo's health ministry says this outbreak has almost reached 500 cases: 494, including 446 confirmed with 235 confirmed deaths.

Source: ABC News December 10, 2018 09:56 UTC