Ebola vaccination trial launched in Uganda, WHO says


  • World
  • Tuesday, 04 Feb 2025

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, Uganda February 3, 2025. REUTERS/Abubaker Lubowa

(Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday said that it has launched a first ever vaccine trial in Uganda for Ebola from the Sudan species of the virus.

(Reporting by Rishabh Jaiswal in Bengaluru)

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