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WHO: 1000s of Ebola vaccine doses in coming months
2014-09-27 10:06

Dakar - The World Health Organisation says there should be
thousands of doses of experimental Ebola vaccines available
in the coming months and they could eventually be given to
health care workers and other people who have had contact
with the sick.
But Marie-Paule Kieny, assistant director-general at WHO,
cautioned reporters in Geneva on Friday that no vaccine has
yet been proven safe or effective in humans. Testing has
now begun to make sure they are not harmful to people.
A vaccine may then be put to use in this outbreak, but Kieny
warned that until its effectiveness is proven, anyone
receiving it would still have to operate as if they are not
protected against Ebola.
The Ebola outbreak sweeping West Africa is believed to have
killed more than 2 900 people.