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Added on the 09/07/2020 12:43:39 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
A mass screening campaign for Covid-19 begins in Roubaix, in the north of France, as concerns grow over the spread of the new 'British' strain of coronavirus. The week should be decisive in assessing the threat of this version of the coronavirus, reputed to be more contagious, on French territory. IMAGES
A Covid-19 patient in their sixties has been transferred to Marseille from Corsica by military helicopter, after hospital occupancy in Bastia, one of the island's two main cities, passed 79 percent on Tuesday. IMAGES
The first patients receive injections against Covid-19 in a large vaccination site that has just opened inside a convention centre at Disneyland Paris, normally Europe's biggest tourist attraction currently closed because of the pandemic. IMAGES
South Korea ramps up coronavirus checking efforts at its 150 temporary testing stations erected nationwide this week amid a surge in cases. The country reported over 1,000 cases on Wednesday, having earlier broken its daily case record with 1,030 cases on Sunday. IMAGES
People line up outside Seoul Station for Covid-19 tests in South Korea -- once seen as a model of how to combat the pandemic -- as the country on Sunday reported 1,030 new coronavirus cases, a record high for a second day in a row. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.