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Aid Group Says Vaccine 'Rationing' in Congo Hampering Ebola Fight

Reuters

   LONDON - The World Health Organization is "rationing" Ebola vaccines in
   Democratic Republic of Congo, with access controls meaning too few
   people at risk are being protected in an outbreak of the deadly
   disease, the aid group MSF said Monday.

   The medical charity Medicins Sans Frontiers (MSF) accused the WHO of
   using a rigid system of eligibility for vaccination, and said the
   restrictions are allowing the viral disease to resurge in communities
   previously thought to be protected.

   "The WHO is rationing Ebola vaccines and hampering efforts to make them
   quickly available to all who are at risk of infection," MSF said in a
   statement. "As a result, the outbreak keeps coming back to areas that
   have supposedly been covered by vaccination."

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