Ivory Coast begins Ebola vaccinations after case confirmed in Abidjan
A child receives a vaccine against Ebola from a nurse in Goma, DR Congo, on August 7, 2019. Ivory Coast began vaccinating health workers against Ebola on August 16, 2021 after a case of the virus was confirmed at the weekend. PHOTO | FILE | NMG
An 18-year-old woman tested positive on Saturday after travelling by bus to Abidjan from neighbouring Guinea.
About 200 health workers, many from the hospital in Abidjan where the woman was admitted, received shots.
Authorities believe the woman who tested positive travelled from northern Guinea by bus, passing through the Nzerekore region in the southeast, where the last outbreak began.
