Uganda starts clinical trial of vaccine for Sudan strain of Ebola

Ebola vaccine

A man receives a vaccine against Ebola in Goma, DRC, on July 15, 2019. Uganda has begun a trial vaccination programme for the strain of Ebola viral infection that is behind the country's latest outbreak.

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Uganda has begun a trial vaccination programme for the strain of Ebola viral infection that is behind the country's latest outbreak, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), while the number of confirmed cases has risen to three.

Last week, the east African country announced an outbreak of Ebola in the capital, Kampala, with a single case, a nurse who died on January 29.