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South Africa likely in new COVID wave, says health minister

FILE — An unmasked woman with two kids walks through the busy Bara Taxi Rank in Soweto, South Africa, Tuesday, April 5, 2022. South Africa's health minister says it is likely the country has entered a new wave of COVID-19 earlier than expected as new infections and hospitalizations have risen rapidly over the past two weeks. (AP Photo/Thoko Chikondi/File)

A woman wearing a mask walks past a mural of former South Africa's president Nelson Mandela, in Katlehong, east of Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday, April 29, 2022. South Africa's health minister says it is likely the country has entered a new wave of COVID-19 earlier than expected as new infections and hospitalizations have risen rapidly over the past two weeks. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

South Africa likely in new COVID wave, says health minister