West Africa: Ebola Vaccine Shows 100 Percent Protection, Study Shows

23 December 2016

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.

Scientists at WHO said on Friday 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.

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