New Russian vaccine may protect against rare Bundibugyo Ebola strain

Workers in Uganda prepare to handle a body. PIC/AFP

Russian scientists have developed a new vaccine for the new strain of the Ebola virus linked to the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Russian scientists said the vaccine may also protect against the rare Bundibugyo strain linked to the outbreak in the DRC.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed that a rapidly spreading Ebola outbreak in the DRC has caused 220 suspected deaths.

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