Coronavirus: how anti-vax movements threaten to undermine Covid-19 immunity push

Experts warn that growing wave of scepticism could ruin ‘whole programme’ of vaccination rollout

Coronavirus anti-vaccination protest
Experts warn that growing wave of scepticism could ruin ‘whole programme’ of vaccination rollout
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A series of successes in clinical trials is raising hopes that a Covid-19 vaccine will soon be approved by regulators and rolled out to communities worldwide.

Not everybody is keen to be innoculated against the deadly virus, however, with a growing chorus of anti-vax protesters voicing objections.

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