COVID-19 jabs available, but reluctance contagious in Senegal Many Senegalese have had doubts about the seriousness of COVID-19 from the start, and widespread scepticism about vaccines only grew with concerns over the AstraZeneca jab s possible link to rare blood clots. A man talks with a nurse after receiving a dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at Ngor Clinic in Dakar on 2 April 2021. Picture: AFP
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MBAO, SENEGAL - While people around the world wait impatiently to be vaccinated against COVID-19, an inoculation site in Senegal was empty on a recent day - a sign of the ambivalence nationwide.
Covid-19 jabs available, but reluctance contagious in Senegal
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Author: AFP|Update: 06.03.2021 00:02 Protesters clash with police in the Colobane neighbourhood of Dakar following the arrest of main opposition leader Ousmane Sonko / © AFP/File
The Senegal government on Friday vowed to use all means necessary to return order after police fired tear gas in clashes with supporters of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko as the interior minister said four people had died.
The clashes followed a court ruling that Sonko be held in custody. And following two days of protests, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged all sides to avoid any further escalation of the violence. The protests must remain peaceful, and the security and police forces must at all times operate. in line with international human rights standards, his spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters in New York.
Clashes break out in Senegal after arrest of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko
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