DR Congo rolls out Ebola vaccine for health workers as death toll rises
- 50,000 frontline staff to receive a jab for a different Ebola strain, with 20,000 enrolled in a one-year clinical trial.
- Health workers in parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have begun to receive a vaccine that many hope will provide a level of protection against the Ebola virus.
- The vaccine rollout started on Saturday in Bunia, the capital of Ituri province in the northeastern DRC.
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- 50,000 frontline staff to receive a jab for a different Ebola strain, with 20,000 enrolled in a one-year clinical trial.
- Health workers in parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have begun to receive a vaccine that many hope will provide a level of protection against the Ebola virus.
- The vaccine rollout started on Saturday in Bunia, the capital of Ituri province in the northeastern DRC.
Sources: Al Jazeera