World Health Organization says Congo will start using a second experimental Ebola vaccine, as efforts to stop the deadly outbreak are stalled.
The World Health Organization on Monday announced Congo will start using a second experimental Ebola vaccine, as efforts to stop the deadly outbreak are stalled and Doctors Without Borders criticizes vaccination efforts to date.
So far, more than 3,030 people have been sickened by the Ebola virus in this outbreak, the second-worst in history, and more than 1,990 have died. Separately, Doctors Without Borders is seeking an independent committee to oversee Ebola vaccination efforts, similar to those that have been formed internationally to respond to outbreaks of meningitis, yellow fever and cholera.
She said restricting the vaccine to people who are known contacts of Ebola cases is problematic."It comes down to very local control, when every morning it's someone from WHO who decides who is going to be vaccinated and how many vials to open," she said."Trying to restrict eligibility for a vaccine for a disease that everybody is afraid of is just not going to work."
"If all doses were sent to , there would be no reserves available to respond should cases emerge in any of the high-risk neighboring countries," he said."That would jeopardize an effective, speedy response in those high-risk countries." Beyond Congo, cases have been confirmed in Uganda and some health workers in Rwanda and South Sudan have been vaccinated preventively.
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