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FILE - In this Tuesday, June 22, 2021 file photo, healthcare workers prepare to test patients for COVID-19 at the Lancet Laboratories in Johannesburg. Africa is facing a devastating resurgence of COVID-19 infections whose peak will surpass that of earlier waves as the continent's countries struggle to vaccinate even a small percentage of the population, top health officials said Thursday June 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell, File)
Africa battles new COVID-19 wave hitting faster and harder

By Carley Petesch Jun. 24, 2021 11:19 AM EDT

Guinea declares end to latest Ebola outbreak that killed 12

By Carley Petesch Jun. 19, 2021 08:59 AM EDT
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Guinea has declared an end to an Ebola outbreak that emerged in February and killed 12 people, according to the...

Uganda tightens lockdown measures as virus cases surge

By Rodney Muhumuza Jun. 18, 2021 03:29 PM EDT
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda is tightening its lockdown measures to try and stem a surge in coronavirus infections in the East African country that is seeing...

People wait in the stands to receive coronavirus vaccinations at the Kololo airstrip in Kampala, Uganda, Monday, May 31, 2021. As virus cases surge in the world's poorest countries, a sense of dread is growing among millions of the unvaccinated, especially those who toil in the informal, off-the-books economy, live hand-to-mouth and pay cash in health emergencies. (AP Photo/Nicholas Bamulanzeki)
In poorest countries, surges worsen shortages of vaccines

By Rodney Muhumuza And Farai Mutsaka Jun. 17, 2021 02:17 AM EDT

FILE - In this Monday, March 2, 2015 file photo, Mo Ibrahim, Chairman and Founder of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, answers a question from a journalist at a press conference where the winner of the 2014 Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership was announced, in Nairobi, Kenya. Ibrahim, in a June 2021 interview with The Associated Press, is sharply criticizing the hoarding of COVID-19 vaccines by wealthy nations, urging the international community to "walk the talk" of equitable distribution as Africa desperately lags behind. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)
Billionaire philanthropist: vaccine hoarding hurts Africa

By Rodney Muhumuza Jun. 09, 2021 07:44 AM EDT

Health workers vaccinates a pensioner with a first dose of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine at the newly-opened mass vaccination program for the elderly at a drive-thru vaccination center in Johannesburg, South Africa, Tuesday, May 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
Alarm in Africa: Virus surges, vaccines grind to 'near halt'

By Gerald Imray Jun. 03, 2021 08:32 AM EDT

A retiree receives the first dose of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine from a health worker inside a tent, during a mass vaccination program for the elderly at the clinic outside Johannesburg, South Africa, Monday, May 24, 2021. South Africa is in a race against time to vaccinate as many people as possible with signs the virus may be surging again. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
South Africa starts jabs for elderly as virus surge looms

By Andrew Meldrum May. 28, 2021 04:16 AM EDT

French President Emmanuel Macron talks to the press as he visits a giant vaccination center against the Covid-19 during its inauguration at Porte de Versailles convention centre in Paris, Thursday, May 6, 2021. (Christophe Archambault, Pool Photo via AP)
More support easing vaccine patent rules, but hurdles remain

By Jamey Keaten May. 06, 2021 05:16 AM EDT

FILE - In this Monday, March 29, 2021 file photo, a man prepares for his AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at Ndirande Health Centre in Blantyre, Malawi. Africa is "watching with total disbelief" as India struggles with a devastating resurgence in COVID-19 cases, the continent's top public health official said Thursday, April 29, 2021, as African officials worry about delays in vaccine deliveries caused by India's crisis. (AP Photo/Thoko Chikondi, File)
Alarm grows in Africa as it watches India's COVID-19 crisis

By Cara Anna Apr. 29, 2021 08:39 AM EDT

Uganda's Minister of Health Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng, center right, and other officials greet the country's first consignment of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India and provided through the global COVAX initiative, at the airport in Entebbe, Uganda Friday, March 5, 2021. Urgent calls for COVID-19 vaccine fairness rang through African countries on Friday as more welcomed or rolled out doses from the global COVAX initiative, with officials acutely aware their continent needs much more. (AP Photo/Nicholas Bamulanzeki)
Africa welcomes COVAX doses but warns against 'selfishness'

By Rodney Muhumuza Mar. 05, 2021 06:07 AM EST

FILE - In this June 3, 2020, file photo, children run down a street past an informational mural warning people about the dangers of coronavirus in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya. 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/Brian Inganga, File)
Africa reaches 100,000 known COVID-19 deaths as danger grows

By Cara Anna Feb. 19, 2021 02:43 AM EST

FILE - This undated colorized transmission electron micrograph file image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows an Ebola virus virion. The World Health Organization said Thursday Feb. 18, 2021 that it will be sending more than 11,000 Ebola vaccinations to the West African nation of Guinea in the coming days to combat the recent epidemic of the deadly hemorrhagic fever that has been declared in the country's southern N'Zerekore region. (Frederick Murphy/CDC via AP, File)
WHO says more than 11,000 Ebola vaccines will go to Guinea

By Carley Petesch Feb. 18, 2021 08:30 AM EST

A thermometer display reads minus 83 degrees Celsius on a medical storage fridge at the Ndlovu clinic's lab in Groblersdal , 200 kms north-east of Johannesburg Thursday Feb. 11, 2021. African countries without the coronavirus variant dominant in South Africa should go ahead and use the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday, while the World Health Organization suggested the vaccine even for countries with the variant circulating widely.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
African nations still encouraged to use AstraZeneca vaccine

By Cara Anna Feb. 11, 2021 07:21 AM EST

FILE - In this Saturday, July 13, 2019 file photo, a child is vaccinated against Ebola in Beni, Congo. The World Health Organization and other partners said Tuesday Jan. 12, 2021, they are creating a global emergency stockpile of about 500,000 vaccines of Ebola vaccines to help stamp out any future outbreaks of the disease.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay, file)
Congo working to stop new Ebola outbreak in country's east

By Al-Hadji Kudra Maliro Feb. 07, 2021 02:15 PM EST

FILE - In this June 1, 2020, file photo, truck drivers entering Kenya queue to be tested for the coronavirus on the Kenya side of the Namanga border crossing with Tanzania. Tanzania's President John Magufuli openly expressed doubt about COVID-19 vaccines and accused people who were vaccinated outside the East African nation of bringing new infections into the country. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)
Tanzania's leader denies COVID-19, and countrymen push back.

By Cara Anna Jan. 27, 2021 09:04 AM EST

A lone woman waits to be tested for COVID-19 in the parking garage of a shopping mall in Johannesburg, South Africa, Monday Jan. 11, 2021. South Africa is struggling to cope with a spike in COVID-19 cases that has already overwhelmed some hospitals, as people returning from widespread holiday travel speed the country's more infectious coronavirus variant. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
WHO says Africa to see 1st vaccine doses from COVAX in March

By Cara Anna Jan. 14, 2021 07:41 AM EST

In this photo taken on Friday Dec. 25, 2020, Virologist Sunday Omilabu in a lab, during an interview with The Associated Press in Lagos, Nigeria. A Nigerian scientist has spent the holiday season in his laboratory doing genetic sequencing to learn more about the country’s COVID-19 variant, as cases increase in the country. Virologist Sunday Omilabu says the information he gathers about the variant will help battle the spread of the disease in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country with 196 million people. (AP Photo/Lekan Oyekanmi)
Nigerian scientist studies country's coronavirus variant

By Lekan Oyekanmi Jan. 04, 2021 03:08 AM EST

FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020 file photo, a sample taken from a long-distance traveller is labelled for COVID-19 testing at a mobile clinic at a taxi rank at Johannesburg's main railway station. As a result of holiday gatherings, African officials warn of a resurgence of COVID-19 on the continent and urge increased testing to combat it. The level of testing across Africa is considerably less than what health experts say is needed to effectively control the spread of the disease. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell, File)
Increased testing needed as Africa sees rise in virus cases

By Carley Petesch Dec. 31, 2020 03:03 AM EST

Volunteer Thabisle Khlatshwayo, who received her first shot for a COVID-19 vaccine trial, is tested before receiving her second shot at a vaccine trial facility set at Soweto's Chris Sani Baragwanath Hospital outside Johannesburg, South Africa, Monday Nov. 30, 2020. Over 2000 South African volunteers are on AstraZeneca's experimental coronavirus vaccine trial. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
Official: Africa needs COVID-19 vaccine for 60% in 2-3 years

By Cara Anna Dec. 03, 2020 05:39 AM EST

FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2020, file photo, recently filled graves are seen in the Olifantsveil Cemetery outside Johannesburg, South Africa. The African continent has surpassed 2 million confirmed cases as health officials warn of infections starting to creep up again into a second surge. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay/File)
Africa CDC sees COVID-19 vaccinations in 2nd quarter of 2021

By Cara Anna Nov. 26, 2020 05:23 AM EST