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Nearly one in six Britons will refuse a coronavirus vaccine if and when one becomes available, and a similar number are unsure whether they will get one, according to a survey.

The findings come amid a significant rise in anti-vaccination sentiment on social media, and represent a threat to efforts to contain the disease.

Related: Nearly one in six Britons would refuse Covid-19 vaccine – survey

Speaking of Kenya, allow me to introduce (if you don’t already know her) Nairobi’s Elsa Majimbo – a lockdown comedian unlike any other.

Viral videos filmed in her bedroom while under lockdown – during which she updates followers on her search for a boyfriend and warns her future child that they will never be given a car (“You have legs. Two in fact.”) – have made Majimbo a social media star.

Related: Elsa Majimbo, the crisp-eating, straight-talking star of Kenya's Covid-19 lockdown

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