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DR Congo struggles with Covid vaccine push | Africanews

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), vaccination campaigns against Covid-19 have not been hugely successful due to entrenched scepticism and rumours spreading on social media. Sub-Saharan Africa's biggest country ranks among the least immunised nations in the world.

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