Uganda’s health minister will receive a shipment of Ebola vaccine candidates on Thursday, which will be used in a clinical trial.
Since announcing an outbreak of the Sudan strain of Ebola in September, the country has confirmed 142 cases, with 56 deaths.
The consignment will be received from World Health Organization representatives at a warehouse near the capital, Kampala, according to health ministry spokesman Emmanuel Ainebyoona in a tweet.
According to the AFP news agency, the health minister is expected to announce the start date of the trials.
Uganda has not registered any new positive Ebola cases in over three weeks, indicating that the outbreak might be under control.