A volunteer was injected on Friday with the first dose of a rapidly developed vaccine targeting the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola driving a deadly outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Oxford University said.More than 1,000 people have been killed in the DRC and Uganda since the outbreak emerged in May, according to the World Health Organization.Researchers and health organisations have since been racing to get a vaccine or treatment for the relatively rare strain to the clinical trial stage where it is tested on humans.
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Ebola virus: first person vaccinated in UK trial of new jab
A volunteer in the UK received the first dose of a new Ebola vaccine on Friday. This vaccine targets the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, which is responsible for a deadly outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda.
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A volunteer in the UK received the first dose of a new Ebola vaccine on Friday. This vaccine targets the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, which is responsible for a deadly outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda. The World Health Organization reports that over 1,000 people have died from this outbreak since it began in May. Oxford University announced the vaccination as part of a clinical trial. Researchers and health organizations have been working rapidly to develop a vaccine or treatment for this specific, less common strain of Ebola and bring it to human testing.
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Researchers and health organizations are working to develop a vaccine or treatment for this Ebola strain.
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Over 1,000 people have died in the DRC and Uganda since the outbreak began in May.
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The Bundibugyo strain of Ebola is driving a deadly outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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A volunteer received the first dose of a new Ebola vaccine targeting the Bundibugyo strain in a UK trial.
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