Uganda begins Ebola vaccine trial

WHO says 6 contacts of Ugandan Ebola patient are ill, vaccination efforts could begin Sunday
Test results on the sick people are pending, and a top WHO official said the outbreak response is proceeding rapidly.
Uganda begins Ebola vaccine trial after new outbreak kills a nurse and infects 2 other people
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,
Uganda confirms outbreak of Ebola in capital Kampala, one dead
Uganda has confirmed an outbreak of the Ebola virus in the capital Kampala with the first confirmed patient dying from it on Wednesday, the health ministry said on Thursday.
Uganda announces Ebola outbreak after one patient dies
In its last outbreak, more than two years ago, Uganda saw 164 cases and 55 confirmed deaths from Ebola. Uganda announced Thursday that a nurse, 32, had died of Ebola in the capital, Kampala, amid a new outbreak of the deadly virus there — the first in two years.
Ugandan health authorities are set to begin an Ebola vaccine trial after new outbreak kills a nurse
Ugandan officials are preparing to deploy a trial vaccine as part of efforts to stem an outbreak of Ebola in the capital, Kampala
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Last week, the Ugandan Ministry of Health confirmed the outbreak of the disease with one death and has now followed up the contacts.
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A Ugandan doctor prepares to vaccinate the contact of a patient who had tested positive, during the launch of the vaccination for the Sudan strain of Ebola virus with a trial vaccine at the Mulago Guest House (Isolation centre) in Kampala,
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