Ivory Coast: Ebola vaccination begins at Cocody University Hospital

The preventive vaccination campaign against Ebola began in Cocody on Monday, August 16, 2021 after a case detected.

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Vaccinate and trace, this is the mission undertaken by the Ivorian health authorities in the face of the discovery of a case of Ebola in Abidjan.

This is causing concern, but very quickly, the Ministry of Health put in place an action plan to vaccinate as quickly as possible the nursing staff who take care of the patient.

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With our correspondent in Abidjan,

Jean-Luc Aplogan

The first doses of the Ebola vaccine were administered on Monday evening, August 16, in small cabins in the emergency room of Cocody University Hospital.

The current operation targets a small group of health personnel since

the sick young woman

went through this service before landing in Treichville where she is being taken care of.

Teams in coveralls came earlier to disinfect this service.

The Ivorian authorities

received 5,000 doses

of Ebola vaccine on Sunday (August 15th) from Conakry.

These doses will make it possible to vaccinate the target group having had direct or indirect contact with the young patient.

Tracing still in progress

Concerning the tracing of these contact cases, investigations are underway.

The itinerary of the young 18-year-old patient is completely retraced.

The manifesto of the bus on which she traveled helps a lot.

The bus, the driver, his apprentice, the host family and some traveling companions were found.

They are monitored by a medical team with regular temperature measurements.

These people will be vaccinated.

There were 68 passengers on board this bus from Guinea.

Of this number, 33 arrived in Abidjan with the patient, the rest having gone down on their way to other destinations.

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