Uganda receives 25,000 doses of Ebola vaccines


KAMPALA, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Uganda has received 25,000 doses of the Ebola vaccine that will be administered in high-risk areas, the country's health authorities said here Wednesday.

Emmanuel Ainebyoona, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Health, told Xinhua on the telephone that the vaccines were donated by Johnson & Johnson, an American pharmaceutical company.

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