Nigeria, Feb. 4 -- Uganda's Ministry of Health, the World Health Organisation (WHO), and other partners have launched the first-ever vaccine trial against the Sudan strain of the Ebola virus.

This marks a global milestone in the fight against the specific strain of the virus confirmed in Uganda on 30 January, according to a WHO statement on Tuesday.

WHO noted that the trial was ready in just four days after working closely with the principal investigators from Makerere University and the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI), with support from WHO and other partners.

Recall that PREMIUM TIMES reported that the disease was first detected in a nurse at Mulago National Referral Hospital in Kampala, Uganda's capital.

Following that, WHO ...