Covid Updates: Africa Faces Third Wave as Vaccine Rollout Sputters
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The U.S. detailed plans to send 25 million doses of the vaccine abroad. And the death toll in long-term care facilities has dropped sharply, from a peak of 5,000 a week to fewer than 300.
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South African retirees waiting to receive doses of Covid vaccine at a clinic near Johannesburg, South Africa, last week.Credit.Themba Hadebe/Associated Press
A sudden, sharp rise in coronavirus cases in many parts of Africa could amount to a continental third wave, the World Health Organization warned on Thursday, a portent of deeper trouble for a continent whose immunization drives have been crippled by shortfalls in funding and vaccine doses.
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Health care workers assembling at a naval hospital in Mumbai earlier this month. Photo / Atul Loke, The New York Times
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