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Ivory Coast Starts Ebola Jabs After First Case

Ivory Coast began a roll-out of vaccinations against Ebola on Monday, after the country recorded its first known case of the disease since 1994, the health ministry said."Health workers, close relatives and contacts of the victim" were the first to be vaccinated, getting jabs from 5,000 doses sent from Guinea, spokesman Germain Mahan Sehi said.Ivorian health workers had previously said that vaccinations of "targeted groups" had already begun on Sunday.The single identified

17 August 2021
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Boeing 737 MAX safety record questioned

For the second time in less than six months, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 has crashed minutes after take-off and killed everyone on board, raising fresh questions about the safety of a model that is crucial to the United States (US) giant's future plans.On Sunday, the 157 passengers and crew members of a 737 MAX operated by Ethiopian Airlines were killed.

11 March 2019
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