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AstraZeneca is the ‘workhorse’ for vaccinating the world. Now, the world is uneasy over clot risks. Danielle Paquette, Emily Rauhala, Loveday Morris, Liz Sly DAKAR, Senegal She had seen the conspiracy theories on Facebook, the endless anti-vaccine videos. Aminata Gueye shrugged it all off as silly chatter and signed up for an AstraZeneca shot courtesy of a World Health Organization-backed vaccine push called Covax. Then came some news on the radio in Dakar: Some European countries had suspended use of the vaccine after regulators found apparent links to rare, but potentially fatal, blood clots. Gueye never went to the clinic. ....
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 4 hours ago 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. ....