The first shipment of an experimental preventative vaccine is scheduled to arrive in Monrovia today. While this is an important development, it is crucial for people to remember that the crisis is not over yet and they must keep staying safe. The disease continues to take a terrible toll elsewhere in the region, particularly in Sierra Leone, says Dr Jeremy Farrar, Director of the Wellcome Trust, which is funding a trial of this vaccine. This is certainly not the time for the national and international efforts to be reduced, if anything efforts need to be redoubled to bring the epidemic to a complete end. Read more on the trial here. What do you want to know about vaccines? bbc.in/1yMrj3x
Posted on: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 13:55:18 +0000
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