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FILE — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, right, heads a government delegation on a visit to ASPEN Pharmaceuticals in Port Elizabeth, South Africa March 29, 2021. The first factory to produce COVID-19 vaccines in Africa has announced on Thursday, Mar 12, 2022 that it has not received adequate orders and is planning to stop production within a few weeks, in what a senior World Health Organization official described as a &quot;failure&quot; in efforts to achieve vaccine equity. (AP Photo,file)

South African firm says it may close its COVID vaccine plant

In this photo provided by violinist Vera Lytovchenko, she stands in a cellar with her violin in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on March 4, 2022. She performs in a new online video called &quot;The Brave Ones&quot; with other artists from various nations, including the U.S., South Africa, Japan and Canada, to raise money for humanitarian aid for musicians in Ukraine. (Vera Lytovchenko via AP)

Musicians come together in video collaboration for Ukraine

A view of the St. Petersburg Stadium prior to the Confederations Cup, Group A soccer match between Russia and New Zealand, Saturday, June 17, 2017. Russia has been stripped of hosting the Champions League final by UEFA with St. Petersburg replaced by Paris after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The men's final will still be held on May 28 but now at the 80,000-seat Stade de France after the decision by UEFA's executive committee. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File) **FILE**

Russia suspended from international soccer over Ukraine war

An athlete practices behind a glass fence during a training session at the National Biathlon Center ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Too much ‘nationalism’ at the Olympics, the world says

FILE - Passengers stand at the Noerreport Metrostation in Copenhagen Denmark, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022. Denmark has become one of the first European Union countries to scrap most pandemic restrictions as the country no longer considers the COVID-19 outbreak “a socially critical disease.” Bit by bit, many countries that have been especially hard-hit by the coronavirus are easing their tough, and often unpopular, restrictive measures to fight COVID-19 even as the omicron variant — deemed less severe — has caused cases to skyrocket. (Liselotte Sabroe/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

‘Take back life’: More nations ease coronavirus restrictions

Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Pretoria, South Africa, March 21, 2003. When Tutu died Sunday, Dec. 26, 2021 at age 90, he was remembered as a Nobel laureate, a spiritual compass, a champion of the anti-apartheid struggle who turned to other global causes after Nelson Mandela, another moral heavyweight, became South Africa's first Black president. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)

Tutu: a man of empathy, moral ardor, and some silly jokes

A woman is comforted outside the historical home of Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu, in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, Monday, Dec. 27, 2021. South Africa's president says Tutu, South Africa's Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial justice and LGBT rights and the retired Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, died Sunday at the age of 90. (AP Photo/Shiraaz Mohamed)

Cape Town bells toll to honor Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s life

Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Pretoria, South Africa, Friday, March 21, 2003. Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial justice and LGBT rights and retired Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, has died at the age of 90, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)

Desmond Tutu, South African equality activist, dies at 90

A hospital bed is kept free for COVID-19 patients at the intensive care unit at the Westerstede Clinical Center, a military-civilian hospital in Westerstede, northwest Germany, Friday, Dec. 17, 2021. As hospitals across Europe brace themselves for a surge in coronavirus cases over the holiday season because of the new omicron variant, Westerstede Clinical Center is cautiously hopeful it can weather the storm. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Several studies find omicron less severe, leads to fewer hospitalizations

Sandile Cele, a researcher at the Africa Health Research Institute in Durban, South Africa, works on the omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021. South Africa's noticeable drop in new COVID-19 cases in recent days may signal that the country's dramatic omicron-driven wave has passed its peak, medical experts say. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

South Africa’s case drop may show omicron peak has passed

A man gets vaccinated against COVID-19 at a site near Johannesburg, Monday, Dec. 13, 2021 a day after South African President Cyril Ramaphosa tested positive receiving for mild COVID-19 symptoms after testing positive for the disease. Ramaphosa started feeling unwell Sunday and a test confirmed COVID-19. A statement said he has mild symptoms, is self-isolating in Cape Town and is being monitored by the South African Military Health Service. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

Pfizer jabs protect 70% against hospitalization from omicron

Nurse Mary Ezzat prepares to administer a Pfizer COVID-19 booster shot. (Jeff Gritchen/The Orange County Register via AP)

Lab teams race to test vaccines’ strength against omicron variant

Patients wait to receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot at a mobile vaccination station on 59th Street below Central Park, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, in New York. Health officials say multiple cases of the omicron coronavirus variant have been detected in New York, including a man who attended an anime convention in Manhattan in late November and tested positive for the variant when he returned home to Minnesota. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

NYC to expand vaccine mandate to the private sector Dec. 27

A hospital worker conducts COVID-19 tests at a hospital in Aiea, Hawaii, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones) ** FILE **

States see increasing cases of omicron; ‘community spread’ found in Hawaii

Secretary of State Colin Powell looks on as President Bush addresses State Department employees at the State Department in Washington, on Feb. 15, 2001. Powell, who died Oct. 18, 2021, was a trailblazing soldier and diplomat. (AP Photo/Kenneth Lambert, File)

Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2021

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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa held his final election rally of the African National Congress on Sunday at Ellis Park stadium in Johannesburg. (Associated Press)

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South Africa is arguing against that approach, saying that inserting political issues may block consensus on helping civilians.

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South Africa, in particular, says it needs more ancillary support to deliver vaccines, not more doses.

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