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2/2 © . Workers carry an Arktek ultra-cold vaccine storage cylinder containing Ebola vaccines onto a helicopter in Mbandaka 2/2 By Hereward Holland KINSHASA ()…

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2/2© . Workers carry an Arktek ultra-cold vaccine storage cylinder containing Ebola vaccines onto a helicopter in Mbandaka2/2
By Hereward Holland
KINSHASA () – When Ebola hit the city of Mbandaka in northwest Congo in 2018, health officials had to act fast – the city was connected via regular boat service to the sprawling capital Kinshasa, where the deadly virus could spread out of control.
Unlike in previous outbreaks, they had a new weapon – an experimental vaccine that could revolutionise the…

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