More that 1,500 dead, and millions more afraid. The stakes are high for Senegal to contain the virus. (GuardianTV.com)
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Associated Press reported that Ebola crossed the border into Senegal Making it the fifthWest African country to be infiltrated by the virus, along with Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nigeria.
A university student infected got infected in Guinea before seeking treatment in the country’s capital, Dakar.
Senegal shares a border with Guinea, where the outbreak began last year. In March, Senegal closed the border to prevent the overspill of Ebola. The virus has killed more than 1,500 people so far.
An experimental vaccine to prevent the Ebola virus will be injected into a human test panel, the National Institute of Health announced August 28.
On Tuesday, September 2, researchers will test 20 healthy adult volunteers with a vaccine developed by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and GlaxoSmithKline.
More than 500 new cases of Ebola were reported last week — the highest since the beginning of the outbreak last year.
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