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Ebola vaccinations delayed

Ebola vaccinations delayed

THE start of a vaccination campaign against Ebola in southeastern Guinea has been delayed by a day after the vaccines did not arrive in the country yesterday due to bad weather, health authorities said. The start of inoculations in the Nzérékoré region, where an outbreak of the deadly virus was declared last weekend, is now expected on Tuesday, rather than on Monday, the National Agency of Health Safety (ANSS) said on Facebook. A flight carrying the 11,000 vaccine doses was due to arrive on Sunday from Europe, but was unable to land in the capital Conakry, which like much of…
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New Ebola case detected in eastern Congo

New Ebola case detected in eastern Congo

FISTON MAHAMBA A new case of the Ebola virus has been detected in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo near the city of Butembo, and the infected person has died, the health ministry said on Sunday. A woman was found with symptoms of the deadly virus in the town of Biena on February 1 and died in hospital in Butembo on February 3. She was married to a man who had contracted the virus in a previous outbreak. "The provincial response team is already hard at work. It will be supported by the national response team which will visit Butembo shortly,"…
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