First person gets new experimental vaccine for Ebola
It cannot give anyone Ebola. "We will not be giving anybody Ebola in this trial or any trial.
- ▪It cannot give anyone Ebola. "We will not be giving anybody Ebola in this trial or any trial.
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- ▪ First person vaccinated during trial of new Ebola jab — Straits Times — World
- ▪ Ebola virus: first person vaccinated in UK trial of new jab — South China Morning Post
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First person gets new experimental vaccine for EbolaImage caption, Ed Hunt receiving the Ebola vaccine in OxfordByFergus WalshMedical editorPublished24 July 2026The first volunteer in the world - a 37-year-old UK man called Ed Hunt - has received an experimental vaccine against the Ebola virus.Hunt said he wanted to help after seeing news reports of the deadly Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo.The vaccine, designed using the same technology as one of the UK's Covid vaccines, was given in Oxford where scientists developed it in just eight weeks.Hunt is the first of 50 healthy volunteers aged 18-55 being recruited for the trial.He told the BBC what motivated him to take part: "I had wanted to volunteer for the Covid vaccine trial but was unable to because of work…
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