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Reducing resistance may require more than cutting antibiotic use alone.

Meanwhile, Africa's vaccine supply show improvements, and Delta-driven surges increase in parts of Asia and the Middle East.

The WHO projects that, at the current pace, global cases could reach 200 million in the next 2 weeks.

"This is an absolute travesty, because we can prevent deaths. Think this pandemic is over? Think again."

In other developments, cases surge in Asia's hot spots, and infections continue to climb sharply in Europe.

Two doses of either Pfizer or AstraZeneca vaccine were 80% effective against the Delta COVID-19 variant.

Nations seeing large jumps in cases include Botswana, Vietnam, the US, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the UK.

Also, a new report says COVID-19 activity has driven India's excess deaths to 4 million.