The same Winnipeg lab that sent Ebola and Henipah viruses to Beijing recently removed a number of researchers for an “administrative issue.”

Researchers aim to deploy the trial in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo, which has been ravaged by Ebola for a year.

Deaths attributed to the disease have outpaced those from Ebola this year.

The announcement comes as the country prepares for possible spread of the virus from Democratic Republic of Congo.

Wide availability of infection control and diagnostic resources is required to control outbreaks early.

The cases, which spread from the outbreak in the DRC, include a five-year-old boy who died.

More than 1,100 people have died in the current Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo that started in August 2018.

After attacks on two Ebola treatment centers in Democratic Republic of Congo last week, Doctors Without Borders says public health workers are “failing” to control the epidemic.

Costly virus hunts are ineffective in protecting public health and have unfairly harmed the historically excellent safety record of bats as beneficial neighbors.