First Ebola vaccine trial starts in Africa with three health workers given experimental drug as WHO says disease is ‘entrenched and accelerating’
Two health workers in Mali have received an experimental vaccine
The new clinical trial launched on October 8 and another 37 African medics will receive the vaccine
A second African clinical trial is due to start soon in Gambia to run parallel
Scientists say if successful trial ‘could alter the dynamic of the outbreak’
But it will be months before any effective vaccine is available they say
And the first small quantities would likely be reserved for health workers
WHO deputy head Bruce Aylward said the world’s response is not keeping up with the disease, adding it is accelerating in almost all settings
He said the virus is ‘entrenched’ in the capital cities of Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea – the three worst-hit nations
By Lizzie Parry
DailyMailUK
10 October 2014
The first Ebola drug trial in Africa has started with three healthcare workers in Mali receiving an experimental vaccine.
It comes as the World Health Organisation (WHO) today warned the virus is now ‘entrenched’ in the capital cities of the three worst-hit countries, and is accelerating in almost all settings.
The trial started on October 8, with the first health worker receiving the drug, followed by two colleagues yesterday.
Over the course of the trial 37 more healthcare workers will be given the vaccine.
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