A local resident of Sierra Leone is injected with the China-developed Ebola vaccine at Sierra Leone-China Friendship Hospital, some 30 kilometres from Freetown, capital of Sierra Leone, on Oct. 10, 2015. A vaccine against the Ebola virus, developed by Chinese and being tested in Sierra Leone, is so far "clinically safe", an official has said. (Photo: Xinhua/Wu Shibo)
A vaccine against the Ebola virus, developed by Chinese and being tested in Sierra Leone, is so far "clinically safe", an official has said.
Tests so far have found the vaccine to be "clinically safe", as there have been no "adverse reports and side affects" about it, according to the public relations officer at the Ministry of Health, Abbas Kamara.
He said the vaccine could contribute to the government efforts to contain the deadly disease.
The vaccine, developed by Chinese scientists, started to be used in clinical trials in Sierra Leone on Oct. 11.
The threat of Ebola remains in Sierra Leone thus "any attempt to find a cure to the dreaded disease is most welcome news", said Kamara.
He praised China for being the first country to help Sierra Leone's fight against Ebola through sending medical supplies and personnel.
China has also built a permanent laboratory for testing infectious diseases in the country.
