Uganda begins Ebola vaccine trial

Uganda begins Ebola vaccine trial after new outbreak kills a nurse and infects 2 other people
Ugandan authorities have begun a clinical trial of a vaccine against the Sudan strain of Ebola that has killed one person in the outbreak declared last week
Uganda starts clinical trial of vaccine for Sudan strain of Ebola amid new outbreak
Uganda has begun a clinical trial of a vaccine against the Sudan strain of Ebola following an outbreak that has killed one nurse in the east African country.
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The first 2,160 doses of the ebola vaccine have arrived in Kampala as part of outbreak preparedness. Uganda’s Health Ministry on Thursday declared an outbreak after a 32-year-old male nurse working at Mulago National Referral Hospital in Kampala succumbed to the Sudan ebolavirus Wednesday.
Ebola Outbreak: Uganda Set To Start Vaccine Trials
After a nurse died of the Ebola virus, the country has declared Ebola outbreak and is now deploying vaccine against the Sudan strain of the virus.
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Uganda has begun a trial vaccination programme for the strain of Ebola viral infection that is behind the country's latest outbreak, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), while the number of confirmed cases has risen to three.
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