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WHO Appeals to Ugandans With Ebola Contact to Trust Vaccine

Halima Athumani

   KAMPALA, UGANDA - The World Health Organization is asking Ugandans to
   have faith in the trial vaccine being used to contain the Ebola
   outbreak near the border with Congo. This follows reports that 13
   people who came in contact with the virus declined to be vaccinated.

   Since 2018 Uganda has vaccinated nearly 5,000 people including medical
   officers, frontline health workers and most recently, people who came
   into contact with the virus in the western Kasese district

   However, 13 out of the 94 confirmed contact persons in Kasese district
   declined to be vaccinated. Village health coordinator Mbusa Geoffrey
   tells VOA the 13 believe that only prayer can protect them from the
   virus.

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