Uganda to receive Ebola trial vaccine next week
WHO’s committee of external experts has approved candidate vaccines for inclusion in the planned clinical trial
Kampala, Uganda | Xinhua | The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday said Uganda will receive the Sudan strain Ebola trial vaccine next week as the country grapples with containing the spread of the deadly disease.
WHO Representative to Uganda Yonas Tegegn Woldemariam, told a WHO Africa Online Briefing that the first people who will receive the vaccine are people who have got into contact with confirmed Ebola cases and the health workers who are treating the patients.
“We have to get engaged with contacts and health workers and inform them of the benefits and the potential side effects,” Woldemariam said.
Lt Col Dr Henry Kyobe, incident commander for the Ebola outbreak at the Ministry of Health, said the trial vaccines have been tested before and are safe for humans.
