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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) Protesters against Africa's first COVID-19 vaccine trial burned their face masks yesterday as experts note a worrying level of resistance and misinformation around testing on the continent.Anti-vaccine sentiment in Africa is the worst I've ever seen, the CEO of the GAVI vaccine alliance, Seth Berkley, told an African Union (AU) vaccine conference last week.

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