Sierra Leone: Ebola Vaccine Booster Doses Under Way in Sierra Leone

[WHO-AFRO] Ebola booster dose vaccination kicks off in Sierra Leone following administration of the prime dose of the Johnson& Johnson Ebola vaccine in May this year. Frontline health workers, practitioners of traditional medicines or traditional healers and commercial motor bike riders who received the first dose are now being given their second jab to maximize their protection against the disease. The target beneficiaries were identified as high-risk groups and selected for preventive vaccination to protect th
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - Category: African Health Source Type: news