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WHO develops highly effective Ebola vaccine─── 07:11 Sat, 24 Dec 2016
Ebola Virus
Geneva - The World Health Organization (WHO) says it has developed a highly effective vaccine against the deadly Ebola virus after trials in Guinea showed it offered 100 percent protection.
Al Jazeera reports scientists at WHO said yesterday that the experimental vaccine would allow them "to control a new outbreak of Ebola of the Zaire strain" after final test results confirmed its effectiveness.
Scientists have struggled to develop an Ebola vaccine over the years, and this is the first one proven to work.
Spread through direct contact with the bodily fluids of victims or corpses, Ebola has killed more than 11,300 people, mostly in West Africa, since December 2013.
Al Jazeera
