Friday, 15 January 2016

Russia announces new Ebola drug

Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, has claimed his country has developed a vaccine for the Ebola virus
Mr Putin did not give any name for the vaccine, nor did he say how it worked, who was developing it or give details of any trials.
He said “corresponding tests” had revealed the new drug to be “more effective” than any of the many trial-led since the outbreak of the deadly haemorrhagic fever two years ago.
“We have good news,” Mr Putin was quoted as saying by RIA Novosti news agency. “We have registered a drug against Ebola, which after the corresponding tests has been shown to be highly effective, more effective than the drugs used worldwide up to now.”
Experts working on other vaccine trials poured scorn on his claim, saying the Russian drug was in the early stages of testing. They described his claim of superiority as “mind-boggling”.

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