Africa CDC says will use Ebola Zaire vaccine in curr
The Africa CDC is deploying the Ebola Zaire vaccine to combat a new outbreak of a different Ebola variant in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Officials report that the Zaire vaccine provides cross-protection, resulting in zero deaths among those vaccinated.
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This strategy represents a critical public health intervention to prevent the spread of a deadly hemorrhagic fever in a conflict-prone region.
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Africa CDC says will use Ebola Zaire vaccine in current outbreak
The virus, which spreads through contact with bodily fluids and causes haemorrhagic fever, has killed over 1,800 people out of the nearly 4,000 confirmed cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo since authorities officially declared an outbreak on May 15.
Africa's top health agency announced Thursday it would roll out a vaccine for a previous Ebola strain to counter the latest devastating outbreak in the DR Congo.
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