France, Feb. 25 -- More than 200 people in Guinea have been vaccinated against Ebola, just days after the arrival of some 11,000 doses of the Merck vaccine and just over a week since the West African country declared its first Ebola outbreak since the deadly epidemic from 2014 to 2016.

"The work is ongoing, the awareness campaign is done, and we hope in the days to come we will have a greater number of people vaccinated," said DrBachir Kante, a senior advisor at Guinea's health ministry.

Guinea has registered nine cases of Ebola and recorded five deaths from this latest outbreak, which was confirmed on 14 February in Gouecke, a rural community in the region of N'Zerekore, close to the border with Cote d'Ivoire and Liberia.

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