FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020 file photo a man dressed as Santa Claus sanitizes his gloved hands, to protect against COVID-19, during a day of being photographed with children at a shopping mall in Johannesburg, South Africa. Coronavirus restrictions allow for Children to meet with Santa, but they have to respect social distancing and sit separately. Police are setting up roadblocks to slow a second surge of infections that authorities and scientists say is being fueled by another a new variant of the virus, distinct from the new variant affecting England. Some countries are banning flights from South Africa, where the weekly numbers of infections and deaths have doubled over the past two weeks. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell, File)
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