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Sibongile Zulu poses for a portrait inside her home in Johannesburg, South Africa, Tuesday, July 28, 2020. Zulu is HIV positive and couldn't get her full medication for two months due to a lack of stock in government pharmacies. Across Africa and around the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the supply of antiretroviral drugs to many of the more than 24 million people who take them, endangering their lives. An estimated 7.7 million people in South Africa are HIV positive, the largest number in the world, and 62% of them take the antiretroviral drugs that suppress the virus and prevent transmission. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

South Africa’s poor scramble for anti-HIV drugs amid virus

By BRAM JANSSEN and ANDREW MELDRUM - Associated Press

List 2/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

South African police fire rubber bullets at Zimbabwe protest

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019 file photo, South African captain Siya Kolisi holds the Webb Ellis Cup after South Africa defeated England to win the Rugby World Cup final at International Yokohama Stadium in Yokohama, Japan. South Africa’s Rugby World Cup-winning captain Siya Kolisi and his wife, Rachel, have fast-tracked the launch of their foundation to help the country’s hospitals during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

South African rugby aims for September restart without fans

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A man reacts as a health worker collects a sample for coronavirus testing during the screening and testing campaign aimed to combat the spread of COVID-19, in Eldorado Park outside of Johannesburg, South Africa, Monday, Aug. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

South Africa sees dip in new virus cases but warns of return

By ANDREW MELDRUM - Associated Press

A man, wearing a protective face mask, kisses his girlfriend's hand on Sabana Grande boulevard in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2020, amid the new coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Virus surges in India, Philippines; Australia imposes curfew

By ASHOK SHARMA and JOE McDONALD - Associated Press

Airport officers wearing face masks line up as they hold flowers to welcome passengers at Bali airport, Indonesia on Friday, July 31, 2020. Indonesia's resort island of Bali reopened for domestic tourists after months of lockdown due to a new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)

Sleepy lions, empty bars, lost jobs: A world without tourism

By JOHN LEICESTER and ROD McGUIRK and ARNO PEDRAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 15, 2020, file photo, a grave digger prepares graves in the COVID-19 section of the Maitland Cemetary in Cape Town, South Africa as a burial takes place in the background. For months, the city of Cape Town was the biggest coronavirus hot spot in Africa. Now, finally, there are signs of relief. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht, File)

Virus vanguard: Cape Town learned painful lessons early on

By GERALD IMRAY - Associated Press

A store employee measures the woman body temperature of a shopper she can enter as a precaution against the spread of the new coronavirus, in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, July 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

The Latest: S. Korea reports 25 new coronavirus cases

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FILE — In this May 20, 2020 file photo, people affected by the coronavirus economic downturn line up to receive food parcels in Pretoria, South Africa. South Africa's COVID-19 response has been marred by corruption allegations around its historic dollars 26 billion economic relief package, as the country with the world's fifth highest number of COVID-19 cases braces for more. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe/File)

South Africa warns COVID-19 corruption puts ‘lives at risk’

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press

A man covers his nose with his shirt, left, as Luis Negron, a Miami Beach code compliance officer, right, talks to him about wearing a protective face mask amid the coronavirus pandemic, Friday, July 24, 2020, on Ocean Drive in Miami Beach, Fla. Masks are mandated both indoors and outdoors in Miami Beach. People found not wearing a mask are subject to a civil fine of $50. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

The Latest: Ga. Democratic Senate candidate’s wife has virus

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Funeral home workers in protective suits carry the coffin of a woman who died from COVID-19 into a hearse in Katlehong, near Johannesburg, South Africa, Tuesday, July 21, 2020. South Africa, last Saturday became one of the top five worst-hit countries in the coronavirus pandemic, as breathtaking new infection numbers around the world were a reminder that a return to normal life is still far from sight. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

South Africa’s excess deaths surge as virus like ‘wildfire’

By CARA ANNA and NQOBILE NTSHANGASE - Associated Press

A paramedic in personal protective equipment is seen at an ambulance outside the Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, Tuesday July 21, 2020. South Africa is one of the top five worst-hit countries in the coronavirus pandemic, as new infection numbers around the world are a reminder that a return to normal life is still far from sight. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht)

South Africa sees rise in virus cases; Zimbabwe sets curfew

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press

In this photo taken Tuesday, May 19, 2020, a view of a field hospital under construction at a sports complex in Khayelitsha in Cape Town South Africa, With dramatically increased community transmission, Cape Town has become the center of the COVID-19 outbreak in South Africa and the entire continent. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht)

South Africa’s virus epicenter shifts away from Cape Town

By GERALD IMRAY and ANDREW MELDRUM - Associated Press

New Zealand open to hosting a delayed Rugby Championship

By STEVE McMORRAN - Associated Press

Lions tour to South Africa in 2021 to go ahead as planned

By GERALD IMRAY - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, March 3, 2020, file photo, Hawaii Gov. David Ige speaks to reporters at the state Department of Health's laboratory in Pearl City, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy, File)

The Latest: China eases restrictions on domestic tourism

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FILE — In this Dec. 5, 2013 file photo Zindzi Mandela, the daughter of the late Nelson Mandela poses for photographers as she arrives to attend the UK premiere of the movie &quot;Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom&quot; at a cinema in London. Zindzi Mandela, age 59, has died early Monday at a Johannesburg hospital according to state media. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham/File)

Zindzi Mandela, daughter of Nelson and Winnie, dies at 59

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press

Covid-19 patients are being treated with oxygen at the Tshwane District Hospital in Pretoria, South Africa, Friday July 10, 2020. Health Minister Zweli Mkhize this week said South Africa could run out of available hospital beds within the month. &quot;The storm that we have consistently warned South Africans about is now arriving,&quot; he told lawmakers. The African continent overall has over 523,000 confirmed virus cases after passing the half-million milestone on Wednesday. But shortages in testing materials mean the true number is unknown.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

South Africa returns to ban on alcohol sales as virus surges

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and ANDREW MELDRUM - Associated Press

Covid-19 patients are being treated with oxygen at the Tshwane District Hospital in Pretoria, South Africa, Friday July 10, 2020. Health Minister Zweli Mkhize this week said South Africa could run out of available hospital beds within the month. &quot;The storm that we have consistently warned South Africans about is now arriving,&quot; he told lawmakers. The African continent overall has over 523,000 confirmed virus cases after passing the half-million milestone on Wednesday. But shortages in testing materials mean the true number is unknown.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Oxygen already runs low as COVID-19 surges in South Africa

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press