Africa ‘on alert’ over recent Ebola outbreak

A health official works in the laboratory extraction room of the Institute of Lassa Fever Research and Control in Irrua, Nigeria. AFP

By  Agencies

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  • According to the WHO, a Johnson & Johnson vaccine has been approved by the European Medicines Agency, but it is yet to be fully tested and is not intended as an emergency response to a developing outbreak.

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