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Seven weeks after arriving in Canada from Uganda, Richard Bbale boarded a bus to Windsor Friday — in search of sustainable shelter.

Nearly 100 refugees headed to Niagara Falls and Windsor, a transfer out of Toronto intended to ease pressure on a city shelter system.

© Blavity, Inc., 2020 Medical personnel dressed in personal protective equipment are seen at a lodging building / Photo Credit: Amos Gumulira/AFP Malawi Health Officials Burn Expired COVID-19 Vaccines To Reaffirm Public's Confidence In Vaccination The World Health Organization, which initially urged countries not to destroy expired doses, has now changed its stance. Today In an effort to assure people that they wouldn't be given expired vaccines, health authorities in Malawi burned nearly 20,000 outdated doses of the coronavirus immunization. The African country, which received 102,000 doses...

In Africa, Distrust of COVID-19 Vaccine Slows Prevention Efforts The URL has been copied to your clipboard 0:00 0:06:23 0:00 This has worried international public health officials as some countries have begun to destroy doses that expired before they could be used. Malawi and South Sudan in recent days have said they will destroy some of their doses because they had expired. Africa’s 1.3 billion people represent 16 percent of the world’s population. But, the World Health Organization reports that Africa has received less than 2 percent of the world’s COVID-19 vaccine doses. African c...

By Press Association 2021 A health care worker receives a vaccine at a hospital in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa (Nardus Engelbrecht/AP) Some Africans are hesitating to get Covid-19 vaccines amid concerns about their safety, alarming public health officials as some countries start to destroy thousands of doses that expired before use. Malawi and South Sudan in recent days have said they will destroy some of their doses, a concerning development on a continent where health officials have been outspoken about the need for vaccine eq...