Authorities to prioritise those ‘most at risk’ and ‘most exposed healthcare workers’ following the deaths of 12 people.
Rwanda has launched a trial of a vaccine against the Marburg virus to try to combat an outbreak of the Ebola-like disease in the East African country.
“The vaccination is starting today immediately,” Health Minister Sabin Nsanzimana said at a news conference on Sunday in the capital, Kigali.
The Marburg virus has killed 12 people in Rwanda since it was declared an outbreak on September 27. Authorities said at the time that the first cases had been found among…