Liberia undertakes major trials on Ebola vaccines
02 February 2015 |
4:25 pm
THE first large-scale trials of two experimental vaccines against Ebola have begun in Liberia. The potentially preventative medicines were taken under strict security to a secret location in the West African country. Scientists aim to immunise 30,000 volunteers, including front-line health workers. More than 8,500 people have died in the Ebola outbreak, the vast majority…
THE first large-scale trials of two experimental vaccines against Ebola have begun in Liberia.
The potentially preventative medicines were taken under strict security to a secret location in the West African country.
Scientists aim to immunise 30,000 volunteers, including front-line health workers.
More than 8,500 people have died in the Ebola outbreak, the vast majority in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
The total number of reported cases is more than 22,000. In Liberia alone, more than 3,600 people have died from the disease.
But the number of Ebola cases in Liberia has been steadily decreasing, with only four confirmed cases in the week leading up to 25 January.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the epidemic has entered a “second phase” with the focus shifting to ending the epidemic.
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