Burundi has had no reported cases of the deadly haemorrhagic fever but the viral disease has been spreading in eastern Congo since August 2018 in an epidemic that has now killed at least 1 800 people. Efforts to control the outbreak have been hampered by militia violence and some local resistance to outside help.
“Although this vaccine is not yet approved and its commercial use is not yet authorized, it has been shown to be effective and safe during Ebola outbreaks in West Africa,” the WHO said in a statement. The WHO’s statement did not say how many doses of the Merck vaccine would be available for the immunisation campaign, which is getting financial support from the vaccines alliance GAVI.
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