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Experimental Ebola vaccine due to arrive at WHO headquarters today

An experimental Ebola vaccine is due to arrive at the headquarters of the World Health Organisati...
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09.08 20 Oct 2014


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Experimental Ebola vaccine due to arrive at WHO headquarters today

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09.08 20 Oct 2014


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An experimental Ebola vaccine is due to arrive at the headquarters of the World Health Organisation in Geneva today.

800 doses of the new drug have been sent by Canadian medics and will be distributed at the source of the epidemic in West Africa.

Over 4,000 people have already died from the highly contagious virus and President Obama has accused the rest of the world of not doing enough to help.

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Europe's Foreign Ministers will discuss their responses at a meeting in Luxembourg later.

Among them will be Ireland's Charlie Flanagan who says international cooperation is vital if we're to get the outbreak under control:

 


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