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A worker walks past a freshly-dug graves at the Honingnestkrans Cemetery, North of Pretoria, South Africa, Thursday, July 9, 2020. The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the coronavirus pandemic on the continent is reaching &quot;full speed&quot; after cases surpassed a half-million and a South African official said a single province is preparing 1.5 million grave. (AP Photo/Shiraaz Mohamed)

COVID-19 pandemic in Africa is now reaching ‘full speed’

By CARA ANNA - Associated Press

A pupil's temperature is checked on returning to school in Johannesburg, Tuesday July 7, 2020, as more learners were permitted to return to class. Schools were shut down in March prior to a total country lockdown in a bid to prevent the spread of coronavirus and are now slowly being re-opened. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

Africa’s confirmed COVID-19 cases surge above a half-million

By CARA ANNA - Associated Press

A pupil has his hands sanitized on his return to school in Johannesburg, Monday July 6, 2020, as more of learners were permitted to return to class. Schools were shut down in March prior to a total country lockdown in a bid to prevent the spread of coronavirus and are now slowly being re-opened. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

Zimbabwe nurses protest; South Africa reopens some classes

By FARAI MUTSAKA and MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press

In this May 8, 2020, file photo a man looks into a tent as a health worker in protective gear collects a sample for COVID-19 testing in Diepsloot, Johannesburg, South Africa. South Africa’s reported coronavirus are surging. Its hospitals are now bracing for an onslaught of patients, setting up temporary wards and hoping advances in treatment will help the country’s health facilities from becoming overwhelmed. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)

South Africa’s hospitals bracing for surge of coronavirus patients

By Andrew Meldrum - Associated Press

3 cities pilot South Africa-style truth, reconciliation push

Associated Press

FILE — In this June 2, 2020 file photo, a demonstrator holds a placard during a protest against the tobacco ban outside parliament in Cape Town, South Africa. South Africa is three months into a ban on the sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products, an unusual tactic employed by a government to protect the health of its citizens during the coronavirus pandemic. The country is one of just a few around the world to have banned tobacco sales during the pandemic and the only one to still have it in place. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht/File)

Virus ban gives tobacco illegal drug status in South Africa

By GERALD IMRAY - Associated Press

A vaccine volunteer receives an injection at the Chris Hani Baragwanath hospital in Soweto, Johannesburg Wednesday, June 24, 2020. Africa’s first participation in a COVID-19 vaccine trial has begun as volunteers received injections developed at the University of Oxford in Britain. The large-scale trial is being conducted in South Africa, Britain and Brazil. (AP Photo/Siphiwe Sibeko)

Protest versus Africa’s 1st COVID-19 vaccine test shows fear

By Cara Anna - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday June 19, 2020, a woman wearing a face mask passes a coronavirus billboard carrying a message in a bid to prevent the spread of the virus. South Africa's Health Minister Zwelini Mkhize said Sunday June 28, 2020 the country's current surge of COVID-19 cases is expected to dramatically increase in the coming weeks and press the country's hospitals to the limit. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe/File)

South Africa’s surge of virus cases expected to rise rapidly

By ANDREW MELDRUM - Associated Press

Court upholds South Africa’s cigarette sales ban in lockdown

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FILE - In this March 26, 2020 file photo a member of the Brooklyn Hospital Center COVID-19 testing team calls in the next patient in line in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Having access to quick coronavirus test results will play an important role in resuming sporting events, keeping factories and businesses open, and returning to school in the fall. But an Associated Press survey of selected states found it’s still taking days in some cases for results to come back despite an increase in the availability of testing across the U.S. Public health experts say testing delays present a major hurdle to reducing infections. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Virus testing, tracking still plagued by reporting delays

By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY - Associated Press

In this Friday, June 19, 2020 photo, A view of Shuafat refugee camp is seen behind section of Israel's separation barrier in Jerusalem, Friday, June 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Israeli annexation plan draws apartheid comparisons

By JOSEF FEDERMAN - Associated Press

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 economy is expected to decline by 7.2% this year, its worst performance in 90 years, as the coronavirus pandemic takes a toll on sub-Saharan Africa's most developed country. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe/File)

South Africa’s economy to see worst performance in 90 years

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press

Stranded commuters walks away from a deserted taxi rank in Katlehong, South Africa, Monday, June 22, 2020, as taxi drivers affiliated to the SA National Taxi Council (Santaco) protested against what it believes to be insufficient government relief offered to the industry. South Africa's largest city, Johannesburg, has been hit by a strike by mini-bus taxis, preventing many thousands of people from getting to work on Monday, as the country reopens its economy even as cases of COVID-19 are increasing. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

South Africa’s minibus taxis go on strike, hitting workers

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press

In this undated photo supplied courtesy of the Mini family, the late South African doctor and activist Dr. Clarence Mini is photographed in his doctors' uniform. Clarence Mini, a South African activist and doctor who died of COVID-19 spent his life fighting apartheid, the government's denial of HIV/AIDS and rampant corruption. Loved ones say Mini knew the odds were against him but he was committed to what he believed was right. He died in May, 2020 at age 69. (Photo courtesy of the Mini family via AP)

Lives Lost: South African activist targeted apartheid, HIV

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press

A health worker in personal protective gear takes a break at the Netcare Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, Wednesday June 17, 2020. The country now has more than a quarter of the coronavirus cases on the 54-nation African continent with more than 73,000 cases after new, record-high infections were registered in South Africa over the weekend. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht)

South Africa says 2 pandemics now, virus and gender violence

By CARA ANNA - Associated Press

In this April 9, 2015, file photo, cheering students surround a statue of British colonialist Cecil Rhodes, as it is removed from the campus at the Cape Town University, Cape Town, South Africa. New campaigns in the U.S. and Europe to pull down monuments to slave traders and colonial rulers are now following Africa's lead. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam, File)

Pulling down statues of racists? Africa’s done it for years

By Andrew Meldrum - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 9, 2020, file photo, Kenyan children and men are photographed in the Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya, in front of a new mural showing an incident in 2016 when a Kenyan riot policeman repeatedly kicked a protester. The killing of George Floyd in the United States has raised awareness over police violence in South Africa and Kenya. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)

Floyd killing finds echoes of abuse in South Africa, Kenya

By GERALD IMRAY and TOM ODULA - Associated Press

A grade 7 pupil returns to the Meldene Primary School in Johannesburg Monday, June 8, 2020. Schools were closed down almost three months ago in a bid to contain the spread of the coronavirus and have started with the return to classes of grade 7 and 12 classes under strict conditions. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

President ‘worried’ as South Africa’s virus cases rise fast

By GERALD IMRAY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019 file photo, South African captain Siya Kolisi holds the Webb Ellis Cup aloft after South Africa defeated England to win the Rugby World Cup final at International Yokohama Stadium in Yokohama, Japan. The South African government maintained a ban on all contact sports competitions on Saturday, May 30, 2020 because of the coronavirus, meaning the country's professional rugby teams and its world champion Springboks will remain out of action for now. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

No rugby for world champion as South Africa maintains ban

By GERALD IMRAY - Associated Press

A woman walks on the promenade in stormy weather in Sea Point, Cape Town, South Africa, Friday, May 29, 2020. With dramatically increased community transmissions, Cape Town has become the center of the coronavirus outbreak in South Africa. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht)

South Africa has virus testing backlog of nearly 100,000

By CARA ANNA - Associated Press