FILE PHOTO: Health workers dressed in protective suits are seen at the newly constructed MSF(Doctors Without Borders) Ebola treatment centre in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, August 4, 2019.REUTERS/Baz Ratner
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo: H ealth authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo said on Saturday that they plan to introduce a second Ebola vaccine, manufactured by Johnson & Johnson, to counter the ongoing outbreak.
The team overseeing Congo's Ebola response did not say in a statement when exactly the J&J vaccine would be introduced. It will complement another vaccine manufactured by Merck, which has been administered to more than 225,000 people since August of last year. (Reporting by Fiston Mahamba; Writing by Aaron Ross; Editing by Giles Elgood)
