Brazil and Great Lakes Region: Ebola
2026-05-31 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · HL515 · Official question
Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
Question
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Brazil; and what measures they are taking to develop an Ebola vaccine.
Answer
Further to my statement to the House on 21 May (HLWS64), I visited Kinshasa on 29 May to see first-hand how agencies on the ground are responding to the Ebola outbreak, with the support of the UK and other international partners, and to discuss that respo...