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Middle East and Africa South Africa could spend up to R19.3 billion over the next three years to vaccinate most of its population, the Treasury said. Hospitals should prepare for a possible second wave and take steps to prevent the disease spreading, health authorities in the government-controlled part of Yemen said.
Europe New variants of Covid-19 risk a third wave in Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Germany has administered only 15% of the AstraZeneca vaccines it has available. The Czech Republic must tighten measures to combat the pandemic and prevent a catastrophe in hospitals in the coming weeks, Prime Minister Andrej Babis said.