Rwanda said it would begin vaccinations against the deadly Ebola-like Marburg virus on Sunday, the health minister said, after receiving some 700 doses of a trial vaccine.
Rwanda began administering Marburg vaccine trials on Sunday, prioritizing frontline workers as part of efforts to prevent the spread of Marburg virus disease (MVD) in the country.
First vaccinations have begun in Rwanda, where a high fatality rate of up to 88% and the highly contagious Marburg disease is spreading, local health ...