Ebola: Africa CDC plans to use vaccine for different strain as outbreak spreads

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Ebola: Africa CDC plans to use vaccine for different strain as outbreak spreads

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The Africa Centres for Disease Control plans to deploy a vaccine targeted to a previous Ebola strain to combat the current outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Initial test cases suggest this vaccine may offer potentially life-saving protection.

The head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control pledged to deploy a vaccine for a previous Ebola strain in the current DRC outbreak, with test cases indicated a potentially live-saving level of protection.

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