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                 WHO: Ebola Vaccine Could Be in Use by January

   by VOA News

   The [1]World Health Organization says an experimental Ebola vaccine
   could be in use by January.

   WHO assistant director Dr. Marie Paule Kieny said Tuesday that clinical
   trials of Ebola vaccines were underway or planned in Europe, the United
   States, and Africa.  She said if the vaccines were deemed safe, there
   could be a West African trial in January, using tens of thousands of
   doses.

   Kieny, speaking to reporters in Geneva, did not say when an Ebola
   vaccine might be widely available.

   There is no cure or vaccine for the disease, which has killed more than
   4,500 people in West Africa this year.

   On Monday, the WHO declared the nation of Nigeria free from Ebola after
   42 days passed with no new reported cases.

   But Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has directed all anti-Ebola
   measures in Nigeria to remain in effect, including health screenings
   for people entering the country.

   Nigeria had 20 cases of Ebola and eight deaths as part of the
   worst-ever outbreak of Ebola.

   In the United States, the [2]Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
   (CDC) announced tighter guidelines for healthcare workers taking care
   of Ebola patients.

   CDC officials issued the new procedures late Monday, saying that a
   health workers' protective clothes must leave no part of the body
   exposed and that a trained monitor must supervise workers as they put
   on and take off the clothing.

   In the southwestern U.S. city of Dallas, officials announced Monday
   that the 21-day quarantine has been lifted on 43 people who had contact
   with the state's first Ebola patient.  But Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings
   said 120 others who had contact with one of the other Ebola patients
   were still being watched for signs of the virus.

   Also in the United States, health workers at a special Ebola treatment
   unit said another patient has recovered from the virus.  The man, who
   was not identified, was infected with Ebola while in Sierra Leone and
   was airlifted to the eastern U.S. city of Atlanta.

   Separately, a United Nations spokesman said a staff member from U.N.
   Women in Sierra Leone died of Ebola in recent days, the third reported
   death of a U.N. worker from Ebola.

   Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone have been the hardest hit by the
   Ebola outbreak, with more than 9,100 cases.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP.
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References

   1. http://www.who.int/csr/disease/ebola/en/
   2. http://www.cdc.gov/
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