WHO Rings Alarm Bells for No Vaccine Option for Current Ebola Outbreak
August 7, 2018
Source: CNBC
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WHO officials have not yet pinpointed the strain of Ebola that is responsible for the death of 20 people and has infected four more, including two health workers. They are uncertain whether it could be the Zaire, Sudan or Bundibugyo strain.
Therefore, the World Health Organization commented that it might be impractical to use a vaccine to get the Democratic Republic of Congo's new Ebola outbreak under control.
Since May, the strain has traveled more than tens of kilometers.
A senior World Health Organization official said on Thursday, “It may be impossible to use a vaccine to tackle Democratic Republic of Congo's new Ebola outbreak, which has spread over tens of kilometers and may have begun in May.”
WHO's emergency response chief Peter Salama said, “If it is the Zaire strain, the Merck vaccine used in the last outbreak may be an option, otherwise the situation will be much more complex.” and “we may not have any vaccine options," he told Reuters at WHO's headquarters in Geneva.
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