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People wait to get vaccinated at a shopping mall, in Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday Nov. 26, 2021. Advisers to the World Health Organization are holding a special session Friday to flesh out information about a worrying new variant of the coronavirus that has emerged in South Africa, though its impact on COVID-19 vaccines may not be known for weeks. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

World takes action as new coronavirus variant emerges in southern Africa

By Raf Casert - Associated Press

Jens Spahn (CDU), Germany's Federal Minister of Health, comments at a press conference on the consequences of the STIKO recommendation to administer an mRNA vaccine after a first vaccination with Astrazeneca in Berlin, Germany, Friday, July 2, 2021. (Fabian Sommer/dpa via AP)

Germany recommends combination of AstraZeneca, mRNA shots

By Geir Moulson - Associated Press

A man sits in his car as he is vaccinated with AstraZeneca in a tent on the parking lot of a supermarket in Pforzheim, southern Germany, Wednesday, May 5, 2021. A doctor who could not get rid of her AstraZeneca vaccine in her doctor's office decided to offer some 250 doses in drive-in location at the supermarket. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Germany makes AstraZeneca vaccine available to all adults

By DAVID RISING - Associated Press

Germany's Health Minister Jens Spahn, left, and Lothar Wieler, the head of Germany's Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for disease control attend a news conference on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Berlin, Germany March 26, 2021. (Hannibal Hanschke/Pool via AP)

Officials urge vigilance as Germany sees 3rd infection wave

By DAVID RISING - Associated Press

In this Jan. 11, 2021, file photo Mary Williams, right, receives an injection of the AstraZeneca vaccine at the mass vaccination centre in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England. In recent days, countries including Denmark, Ireland and Thailand have temporarily suspended their use of AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine after reports that some people who got a dose developed blood clots, even though there's no evidence that the shot was responsible. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell, File)

Major European nations suspend use of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine

By Frank Jordans - Associated Press

German Health Minister Jens Spahn delivers a speech during a meeting of the German federal parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021 on the current developments of the new coronavirus pandemic in Germany. At left is German Chancellor Angela Merkel. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

German government defends slow vaccination campaign

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

Christmas lights shine over a virtually empty shopping street in the old town of Duesseldorf, Germany, on Monday afternoon, Dec. 14, 2020. Chancellor Angela Merkel and the governors of Germany’s 16 states agreed Sunday to step up the country’s lockdown measures beginning Wednesday and running to Jan. 10 to stop the exponential rise of COVID-19 cases. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Germany: EU agency will OK coronavirus vaccine by Dec. 23

By Kirsten Grieshaber and Frank Jordans - Associated Press

German Health Minister Jens Spahn briefs the media about the developing of the coronavirus crisis test strategy in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Germany orders tests for all travelers from ‘risk areas’

By FRANK JORDANS and GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

Health workers collect nasal swab samples from a woman during a mass test for the new coronavirus at a market in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, June 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

Germany increases donation to WHO but demands reforms

By JAMEY KEATEN and MARIA CHENG - Associated Press

German Health Minister Jens Spahn laughs prior to the weekly cabinet meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

German health minister sets out pitch for Merkel succession

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