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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rodney Muhumuza

Uganda begins Ebola vaccine trial after new outbreak kills a nurse and infects 2 other people

Uganda Ebola - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Ugandan authorities on Monday began a clinical trial of a vaccine against the Sudan strain of Ebola that has killed one person in the outbreak declared last week.

This is the first trial to assess the efficacy of a vaccine against the Sudan strain, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a statement.

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