Ebola virus - an effective biological weapon 1976 - 2019
Origins The first ever outbreak occurred beside the river Ebola, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 1976. A doctor in Antwerp, Belgium secured some samples of Ebola infected blood samples on ice from the DRC by post, in 1976, prompting him to visit a clinic in the DRC run by Belgian nuns where there were no doctors. The realisation that Ebola could be an effective biological weapon ensured health officials from the US, Canada and Russia engaged in harvesting antibod