In some African nations, armed police are now enforcing Covid-19 shots as health officials discover wariness toward vaccines runs deep
Vaccines are becoming more available but public wariness of the shots poses a major hurdle to inoculation
New studies offer clues about who may be more susceptible to long Covid, a term for lingering Covid-19 symptoms. WSJ breaks down the science of long Covid and the state of treatment. Illustration: Jacob Reynolds for the Wall Street JournalKAMPALA, Uganda—A clutch of bus passengers were reluctant to show their Covid-19 vaccination cards at a routine checkpoint on Uganda’s main highway on a recent Monday morning. Health inspectors showed little patience: They called the police.
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