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Covid Updates: Africa Faces Third Wave as Vaccine Rollout Sputters


Covid Updates: Africa Faces Third Wave as Vaccine Rollout Sputters
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The U.S. detailed plans to send 25 million doses of the vaccine abroad. And the death toll in long-term care facilities has dropped sharply, from a peak of 5,000 a week to fewer than 300.
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South African retirees waiting to receive doses of Covid vaccine at a clinic near Johannesburg, South Africa, last week.Credit.Themba Hadebe/Associated Press
A sudden, sharp rise in coronavirus cases in many parts of Africa could amount to a continental third wave, the World Health Organization warned on Thursday, a portent of deeper trouble for a continent whose immunization drives have been crippled by shortfalls in funding and vaccine doses. ....

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'Several hundred' appointments available at weekly pop-up vaccination clinic


‘Several hundred’ appointments available at weekly pop-up vaccination clinic
EBRCOA begins weekly pop-up vaccination clinic
By Cali Hubbard | March 10, 2021 at 6:26 AM CST - Updated March 10 at 9:06 AM
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The push to get the COVID-19 vaccine continues as another weekly pop-up clinic opens to the public starting Wednesday, March 10 at 10 a.m.
The East Baton Rouge Council on Aging will be accepting several hundred appointments to get vaccinated and help stop the spread at EBRCOA Lotus Center on 1701 Main Street in Baton Rouge.
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There are two ways to register to get a vaccine.
You can also call the East Baton Rouge Council on Aging at the number ....

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'At your age, it's the vaccine or the grave'


 
Andrew Jacobs, The New York Times 
Published: 08 Mar 2021 02:34 PM BdST
Updated: 08 Mar 2021 02:34 PM BdST
People wait to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at the East Baton Rouge Council on Aging in Louisiana, March 4, 2021. Even as vaccine supplies become more plentiful, African-Americans are being inoculated at half the rate of whites, according to an analysis by The New York Times. (Abdul Aziz/The New York Times)
Rashelle Green, left, a caregiver, talks with Dorothy Walls after they both received the COVID-19 vaccine in Baton Rouge, La., March 4, 2021. Even as vaccine supplies become more plentiful, African-Americans are being inoculated at half the rate of whites, according to an analysis by The New York Times. (Abdul Aziz/The New York Times) ....

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Some Elderly African Americans Are Hesitant About the Covid Vaccine


BATON ROUGE, La. Flossie West was not at all interested in taking the coronavirus vaccine.
Carla Brown, the nurse overseeing her care, was determined to change her mind.
Ms. West, 73, has ovarian cancer, congestive heart failure and breathing difficulties conditions that place her at grave risk should she contract the virus. As it is, Covid-19 has killed far too many of her neighbors in Mid-City, a low-rise, predominantly Black community that sprawls to the east of the Louisiana state capital.
But Ms. West’s skepticism about the new vaccines overshadowed her fears of Covid-19. “I’m just not interested because everyone tells me the virus is a hoax,” Ms. West said. “And besides, that shot is going to make me more sick than I already am.” ....

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