The World Health Organisation (WHO) is boosting efforts to support the government-led response against the outbreak of Sudan Ebola virus in Uganda.
The virus has affected nine districts, including three complex urban environments.
It was reported that the first doses of candidate vaccines against the virus are expected to arrive in the Country in the coming days.
WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, during a virtual press conference, on Thursday, said WHO committee of external experts have evaluated three candidate vaccines and agreed that they all be deployed to Uganda for a clinical trial against the Sudan Ebola virus – one of the six species of the Ebola virus genus.
Moeti said, unlike the Zaire Ebola virus, which sparked most of the recent outbreaks, there are no approved vaccines or therapeutics for the Sudan variant.