The World Health Organization (WHO) announced yesterday that it will send Ebola vaccines to Guinea to fight a new outbreak of the disease.
Speaking at a virtual press conference, WHO Regional Director for Africa Matshidiso Moeti said the first 11,000 doses of the vaccine and at least 100 experts are expected to arrive in Guinea on Sunday.
Moeti noted that the vaccination program will start on February 22, adding that the WHO is trying secure an additional 8,600 doses of the vaccine from the US.
Ebola, a tropical fever that first appeared in 1976 in Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo, is transmitted to humans from wild animals.
Guinea was one of the three most-affected countries in the 2014-2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak.
