FILE - In this Monday, June 29, 2020, file photo, men in face masks walk past a hair product billboard on the street in Soweto, South Africa. The coronavirus pandemic has fractured global relationships as governments act in the interest of their citizens first, but John Nkengasong, Africa's top public health official, has helped to steer the continent's 54 countries into an alliance praised as responding better than some richer nations. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)FILE - In this Aug. 4, 2020, file photo, a teacher checks students for fever at Lagos State Model School in Lagos, Nigeria. The coronavirus pandemic has fractured global relationships as governments act in the interest of their citizens first, but John Nkengasong, Africa's top public health official, has helped to steer the continent's 54 countries into an alliance praised as responding better than some richer nations. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)FILE - In this June 3, 2020, file photo, children run past al mural warning people about the dangers of the coronavirus, in the Kibera settlement in Nairobi, Kenya. The pandemic has fractured global relationships as governments act in the interest of their citizens first, but John Nkengasong, Africa's top public health official, has helped to steer the continent's 54 countries into an alliance praised as responding better than some richer nations. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)John Nkengasong, director of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, poses for a portrait at the organization's headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020. The coronavirus pandemic has fractured global relationships, but as Africa's top public health official, Nkengasong has helped to steer the continent's 54 countries into an alliance that has won praise as responding better than some richer nations. (Mulugeta Ayene via AP)John Nkengasong, director of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, walks outside the organization's headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Monday, Sept. 14, 2020. The coronavirus pandemic has fractured global relationships as governments act in the interest of their citizens first, but as Africa's top public health official, Nkengasong has helped to steer the continent's 54 countries into an alliance that has won praise as responding better than some richer nations. (Mulugeta Ayene via AP)John Nkengasong, director of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, walks in the organization's headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020. The coronavirus pandemic has fractured global relationships, but as Africa's top public health official, Nkengasong has helped to steer the continent's 54 countries into an alliance that has won praise as responding better than some richer nations. (Mulugeta Ayene via AP)FILE - In this May 22, 2020, file photo, an elderly woman reacts as a heath worker collects a sample during the screening and testing campaign aimed to combat the spread of COVID-19 at Sphamandla, an informal settlement in Katlehong, south of Johannesburg, South Africa. The coronavirus pandemic has fractured global relationships, but John Nkengasong, Africa's top public health official, has helped to steer the continent's 54 countries into an alliance praised as responding better than some richer nations. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)FILE - In this May 17, 2020, file photo, nurses who care for coronavirus patients take part in a Zumba dance-fitness class outside of the Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral and Research Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya. The class helps them deal with the stress and difficult work. The pandemic has fractured global relationships as governments act in the interest of their citizens first, but John Nkengasong, Africa's top public health official, has helped to steer the continent's 54 countries into an alliance praised as responding better than some richer nations. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2020, file photo, fresh graves fill the Olifantsveil Cemetery outside Johannesburg, South Africa. The coronavirus pandemic has fractured global relationships as governments act in the interest of their citizens first, but John Nkengasong, Africa's top public health official, has helped to steer the continent's 54 countries into an alliance praised as responding better than some richer nations. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)FILE - In this May 16, 2020, file photo, a billboard is installed on an apartment building encouraging people to wear face masks in Cape Town, South Africa, on the 51st day of a strict government lockdown in a bid to curb the spread of the coronavirus. The pandemic has fractured global relationships as governments act in the interest of their citizens, but John Nkengasong, Africa's top public health official, has helped to steer the continent's 54 countries into an alliance praised as responding better than some richer nations. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht, File)FILE - In this April 13, 2020, file photo, homeless people waiting to receive food baskets from private donors get their hands sanitized in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa. The coronavirus pandemic has fractured global relationships as governments act in the interest of their citizens first, but John Nkengasong, Africa's top public health official, has helped to steer the continent's 54 countries into an alliance praised as responding better than some richer nations. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)
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FILE - In this Monday, June 29, 2020, file photo, men in face masks walk past a hair product billboard on the street in Soweto, South Africa. The coronavirus pandemic has fractured global relationships as governments act in the interest of their citizens first, but John Nkengasong, Africa's top public health official, has helped to steer the continent's 54 countries into an alliance praised as responding better than some richer nations. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)
