Month: February 2020

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Ebola ’emergency status’ extended in DR Congo

On: February 18, 2020

The World Health Organization (WHO) has extended by three months the designation of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo as a global health emergency. WHO chief Tedros Ghebreyesus said the potential remained for a much larger epidemic as long as there was a single case of theContinue Reading

Ebola vaccine licensed in DR Congo, Burundi, Ghana and Zambia

By: Admin_Jms

On: February 18, 2020

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Four African countries – the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Ghana and Zambia – have licensed and can now distribute an Ebola vaccine, which the World Heath Organization (WHO) has hailed as a “milestone”. Preliminary study results indicate the Ervebo vaccine, manufactured by Merck, has a 97.5% efficacy rate. DataContinue Reading

Month: February 2020

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