THE fight against Ebola has turned a corner. There are , the country鈥檚 government announced last week. Falling infection rates are reported across the region, with new case numbers halving in Sierra Leone every 19 days, and every 10 days in Guinea.
The Liberian reprieve coincides with the shipment of an experimental vaccine developed by GSK and Merck, and could mean that there aren鈥檛 enough participants for a large-scale trial to assess its effectiveness. 鈥淚t does seem ironic that the improved response to the outbreak is threatening vaccine development, but it鈥檚 that improved response that has led to the dramatic decrease in cases,鈥� says at the University of Nottingham, UK.
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Margaret Chan, director-general of the World 午夜福利1000集合 Organization, said on Sunday that the WHO is looking to expand its 鈥渟urge capacity鈥� 鈥� its ability to respond quickly to future crises. 鈥淣ever again should the world be caught by surprise, unprepared.鈥�
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