GAVI to rollout preventive Ebola vaccine for African healthcare workers


  • World
  • Sunday, 16 Jun 2024

NAIROBI, June 15 (Xinhua) -- The rollout of a vaccination drive to prevent healthcare workers in Africa from contracting the Ebola virus while on duty is in the works, a senior official from GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance has said.

Francisco Luquero, GAVI's head of High-Impact Outbreaks said that inoculating frontline workers in the Ebola-endemic African countries will mark a giant stride in reducing caseload and fatalities linked to the highly infectious disease.

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