Europe approves first-ever Ebola vaccine

Updated November 12 2019 - 7:23am, first published 7:18am
Ebola vaccine Ervebo has been approved to contain a deadly outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo.
Ebola vaccine Ervebo has been approved to contain a deadly outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo.

US pharmaceutical maker Merck & Co Inc has received approval from the European Commission to market its Ebola vaccine, less than a month after a European medicines panel backed the first-ever vaccine against the deadly virus.

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