Ebola outbreak in Uganda worsens amid hope for vaccines

AS the first doses of candidate vaccines against the Sudan Ebola virus are expected to arrive in Uganda in the coming days, World Health Organisation ( WHO) is boosting efforts to support the government- led response against the outbreak, which has affected nine districts, including three complex urban environments.

WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, yesterday, during a virtual press conference, said a WHO committee of external experts has evaluated three candidate vaccines and agreed that they all be deployed to Uganda for a clinical trial against the Sudan Ebola virus - one of the six species of the Ebola virus genus.