Health workers around the world heaved a temporary sigh of relief as word broke that the new Ebola vaccine had shown promising results at the trial.
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6 things to know about new vaccine
The clinical trial which centred on the VSV-EBOV vaccine combined a fragment of the Ebola virus with another safer virus in order to train the immune system to beat Ebola.
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Though results of the clinical trial are still coming in, global health body, World Health Organisation (WHO) described the findings as a "game changer", while experts called the results "remarkable".
Here are 5 things you should know about the new Ebola vaccine:
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