The sale of alcohol has been banned in South Africa and masks made mandatory in public from Tuesday after a surge in coronavirus cases, as the World Health Organization warned that pandemics far more deadly than Covid-19 may lie ahead. Nations around the world are struggling with winter spikes in infections that have pushed the global caseload close to 81 million, even as the rollout of vaccines gathers pace in North America and Europe. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday announced a ban on selling alcohol and said face…
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