Uganda receives Ebola trial vaccine
The vaccine is for the Sudan strain of the virus
Uganda has received more than a thousand vaccine doses to be used in trials against the Sudan strain of the Ebola virus. So far the country has reported 142 cases and 55 deaths since the outbreak started in September.
The World Health Organisation have said that new threats are undermining progress against malaria in Africa.
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(Photo: Uganda receives 1200 trial vaccines. Credit: Photo by Badru KATUMBA / AFP via Getty Images).
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