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On Congo’s muddy trails, lessons for a global COVID vaccine rollout – CNBCAfrica.com
By Hereward Holland KINSHASA, Dec 22 (Reuters) – When Ebola hit the city of Mbandaka in northwest Congo in 2018, health officials had to act fast – the city was…
By Hereward Holland
KINSHASA, Dec 22 (Reuters) 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 fight against Ebola if they could keep the vials between minus 60-80 degrees Celsius in tropical humidity and across…
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