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The Latest: South Africa says new strain driving resurgence

| December 21, 2020 4:30 AM

JOHANNESBURG — South Africa has announced that a new variant of the COVID-19 virus is driving the country's resurgence of the disease, with higher numbers of confirmed cases, hospitalizations and deaths.

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