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A person queues to be tested for COVID-19 in Johannesburg, South Africa, Saturday Nov. 26, 2021. As the world grapples with the emergence of the new variant of COVID-19, scientists in South Africa — where omicron was first identified — are scrambling to combat its spread across the country.
A person queues to be tested for COVID-19 in Johannesburg, South Africa, Saturday Nov. 26, 2021. As the world grapples with the emergence of the new variant of COVID-19, scientists in South Africa — where omicron was first identified — are scrambling to combat its spread across the country.
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A registered nurse draws up a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 booster at Park Avenue Health Center in Arlington, Mass., on Nov. 9, 2021.
A registered nurse draws up a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 booster at Park Avenue Health Center in Arlington, Mass., on Nov. 9, 2021.
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    An employee draws up a syringe with the Pfizer vaccine against the coronavirus and the COVID-19 disease at vaccination bus in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021. Germany battles rising numbers of coronavirus infections. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP)
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    From left, Gene Simmons, Tommy Thayer, and Paul Stanley of KISS perform at Battery Park on June 11, 2021, in New York City.
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