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Thousands of medical staff have been sent to Shanghai in China's largest public health response to the pandemic. Meanwhile in Germany, masks for shopping are no longer required. Follow DW for the latest.
South Africa registered 1,094 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the cumulative total to 3,642,905. A further 257 Covid-19-related deaths were reported and, of these, three occurred in the past 24 to 48 hours, taking total official deaths to 97,250. A total of 30,627,415 vaccines have been administer.