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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rodney Muhumuza

Ugandan health authorities are set to begin an Ebola vaccine trial after new outbreak kills a nurse

Uganda Ebola - (Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Ugandan officials are preparing to deploy a trial vaccine as part of efforts to stem an outbreak of Ebola in the capital, Kampala, a top health official said Sunday.

A range of scientists are developing research protocols relating to the planned deployment of more than 2,000 doses of a candidate vaccine against the Sudan strain of Ebola, said Pontiano Kaleebu, executive director of Uganda Virus Research Institute.

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