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Tributes as leading South African reporter dies of COVID-19

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press

Production personnel perform a visual inspection of filled vaccine vials inside the Incepta plant on the outskirts of Dhaka in Bangladesh Saturday Feb. 13, 2021. In an industrial neighborhood on the outskirts of Bangladesh's largest city lies a factory with gleaming new equipment imported from Germany, its immaculate hallways lined with hermetically sealed rooms. Yet the factory is operating at just a quarter of its capacity. It is one of three factories that The Associated Press found on three continents whose owners say they could start producing hundreds of millions of COVID-19 vaccines on short notice if only they had the blueprints and technical know-how. (AP Photo/Al-emrun Garjon)

Countries urge drug companies to share vaccine know-how

By MARIA CHENG and LORI HINNANT - Associated Press

Protesters clash with police at the start of a planned march to Parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, as police stop all protests before they reach parliament Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. Various groups planned to protest during Finance Minister Tito Mboweni's 2021 Budget Speech.(AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht)

South Africa to spend $712 million on mass vaccination drive

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press

Exiled Rwandan opposition figure shot dead in South Africa

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press

In this Jan. 15, 2021, file photo, a health worker disinfects family members during a burial of a person who died from COVID-19, in Harare, Zimbabwe. Africa has surpassed 100,000 confirmed deaths from COVID-19 as the continent praised for its early response to the pandemic now struggles with a dangerous resurgence and medical oxygen often runs desperately short. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, File)

Africa reaches 100,000 known COVID-19 deaths as danger grows

By Cara Anna - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 1, 2021 file photo, South Africa's Faf du Plessis bats during a practice session at the Pindi Stadium, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Former South Africa captain Faf du Plessis retired from test cricket on Wednesday Feb. 17, 2021, after being denied the chance of a home farewell by Australia's decision to cancel next month's tour. AP Photo/Anjum Naveed, File)

South Africa’s du Plessis retires from test cricket

By GERALD IMRAY - Associated Press

A refrigerator truck transports Johnson &amp; Johnson COVID-19 vaccines from O.R. Tambo International Airport to a storage facility in Johannesburg, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. South Africa is preparing to give its first COVID-19 vaccinations — shots of the Johnson &amp; Johnson vaccine still being tested — to health care workers this week. (AP Photo/Shiraaz Mohamed)

A joke, a jab: South Africa starts vaccinating with leader

By GERALD IMRAY and MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press

Nurse Asnath Masango, 56, waits for a patient at Ndlovu Care Group in Elandsdoorn, 200 kms north-east of Johannesburg Thursday Feb. 11, 2021. The Ndlovu center is running a study of the Johnson &amp; Johnson COVID-19 vaccine with 602 people from the community participating. Masango said she can't wait to get vaccinated. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

South Africa’s health care workers eager for first vaccines

By ANDREW MELDRUM - Associated Press

Carol Ditshego waits for patients coming for a COVID-19 test at the Ndlovu clinic in Elandsdoorn, 200 kms north-east of Johannesburg Thursday Feb. 11, 2021. The Ndlovu center is running a study of the Johnson &amp; Johnson COVID-19 vaccine with 602 people from the community participating. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

South Africa readies to give J&J jabs to health care workers

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press

South Africa reopens its land borders as virus cases decline

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers his fifth State of the Nation Address to a restricted parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. Prior to his address Ramaphosa lit a candle for the some 46,000 people who have died from COVID-19 in the country. (Esa Alexander/Pool via AP)

South Africa’s Ramaphosa urges support for vaccination drive

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press

In this Nov. 30, 2020, file photo, Thabisle khlatshwayo, who received her first shot for a COVID-19 vaccine trial, receives her second AstraZeneca shot at a vaccine trial facility set at Soweto's Chris Sani Baragwanath Hospital outside Johannesburg, South Africa. South Africa suspended on Sunday Feb. 7, 2021, plans to inoculate its front-line health care workers with the AstraZeneca vaccine after a small clinical trial suggested that it isn't effective in preventing mild to moderate illness from the variant dominant in the country. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

South Africa scraps AstraZeneca vaccine, will give J&J jabs

By Andrew Meldrum - Associated Press

A woman wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus visits shrine in Tokyo, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

The Latest: Jump in cases worries S. Korea as holiday starts

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021, a vial of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 at a hospital in Sofia, Bulgarian. South Africa on Sunday Feb. 7, 2021, has suspended plans to inoculate its front-line health care workers with the AstraZeneca vaccine after a small clinical trial suggested that it isn't effective in preventing mild to moderate illness from the variant dominant in the country. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova, FILE)

UN: ‘Concerning news’ vaccines may not work against variants

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A clinical trials patient receives a dose of AstraZeneca test vaccine at the University of Witwatersrand' Soweto's Chris Sani Baragwanath Hospital facility outside Johannesburg Nov. 30, 2020. South Africa is scrambling to come up with a new vaccination strategy to combat COVID-19 following its suspension of the rollout of the AstraZeneca vaccine, after a preliminary test showed weak results in protecting the variant dominant in this country. Among the possibilities being considered are giving one dose of AstraZeneca in the hopes it will protect against severe disease and death from the variant. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

South Africa seeks new vaccine plan after halting AstraZeneca

By Andrew Meldrum - Associated Press

A deserted Regent Street, London, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021, as the third national lockdown, due to the COVID-19 outbreak, continues. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

South Africa suspends AstraZeneca vaccine drive

By ANDREW MELDRUM and SYLVIA HUI - Associated Press

An AVBOB mortuary employee wearing full PPE checks coffins containing the remains of COVID-19 victims in a refrigerated container in Johannesburg, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, one day after South Africa gave a hero's welcome to the delivery of its first COVID-19 vaccines — 1 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine produced by the Serum Institute of India. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

African countries scramble to bury virus dead, get vaccines

By ANDREW MELDRUM and FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

A woman walks past a coronavirus-themed mural promoting the use of face mask in public place, in Sebokeng, Vereeniging, South Africa, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

South Africa welcomes first delivery of COVID-19 vaccines

By ANDREW MELDRUM - Associated Press

This September 2020 photo provided by Johnson &amp; Johnson shows the investigational Janssen COVID-19 vaccine. Johnson &amp; Johnson's long-awaited COVID-19 vaccine appears to protect against symptomatic illness with just one shot — not as strong as some two-shot rivals but still potentially helpful for a world in dire need of more doses. (Cheryl Gerber/Johnson &amp; Johnson via AP)

Johnson & Johnson 1-dose shot prevents COVID-19, but less than some others

By Lauran Neergaard and Linda A. Johnson - Associated Press

A traveller wearing protective gear to help curb the spread of the coronavirus sits alone on the bench as he waits for his train at the South Train Station in Beijing, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. Efforts to dissuade Chinese from traveling for Lunar New Year appeared to be working. Beijing's main train station was largely quiet on the first day of the travel rush and estimates of passenger totals were smaller than in past years. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

The Latest: Anchorage opens up after COVID-19 drop, vaccines

By The Associated Press - Associated Press