Sierra Leone launches nationwide Ebola vaccination a decade after outbreak

6th December 2024

"The Ebola vaccine is perfect for us health workers", said 40-year-old Josephine Abdulai after receiving her shot at a maternity hospital in the east of Freetown.

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Frontline workers will receive a single dose of the Ervebo vaccine. (AFP)

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Sierra Leone on Thursday started injecting the first of thousands of frontline workers with a preventive Ebola vaccine, a decade after the disease ravaged parts of

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