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Pandemic at risk of worsening with proliferation of variants in Africa, scientists say | Fin24

The proliferation of Covid-19 variants in Africa, partly attributed to the low rates of vaccination, could lead to vaccine-evading mutations that complicate attempts to end the pandemic, a group of 112 African and 25 international organizations said.

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