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Reuters
Reuters
Health
By Elias Biryabarema

Uganda receives 1,200 doses of Ebola vaccine candidates for trials

Uganda Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng address the media after receiving a shipment of 1,200 doses for Ebola vaccine candidates, set to be used in a clinical trial, at the National Medical Stores (NMS) in Entebbe, Uganda, December 8, 2022. REUTERS/Abubaker Lubowa

A shipment of Ebola vaccine candidates set to be used in a clinical trial have arrived in Uganda, where an outbreak has infected 142 people and killed at least 56, health authorities said on Thursday.

Last week Uganda said it had discharged its last Ebola patient from hospital, raising hopes for the end of an outbreak of the deadly haemorrhagic fever declared on September 20.

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