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Near 1 million virus cases, South Africa weighs restrictions

by Andrew Meldrum
| December 27, 2020 9:27 AM

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — As South Africa's COVID-19 spike has taken the country to nearly 1 million confirmed cases, President Cyril Ramaphosa called an emergency meeting on Sunday of the National Coronavirus Command Council.

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