WHO's Chan says initial results from Ebola vaccine trial 'promising'

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Fri Jul 31, 2015 5:51am EDT

GENEVA (Reuters) -
Initial results from an Ebola vaccine trial in Guinea are "exciting" and "promising" and suggest the shot could help bring an end to West Africa's epidemic, World Health Organization director general Margaret Chan said on Friday.

"If proven effective, this is going to be a game
changer, and it will change the management of
the current Ebola outbreak and future
outbreaks," Chan told reporters at a news
conference.

Data from a trial of an Ebola vaccine known as
VSV-EBOV developed by Merck and NewLink
Genetics are expected to be published later on
Friday.


(Reporting by Tom Miles, writing by Kate Kelland, editing by Dominic Evans)