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Added on the 16/11/2020 14:59:13 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
In Los Angeles, hundreds of cars arrive at a coronavirus testing center set up at Dodger Stadium, which usually hosts professional baseball games. This makeshift site conducts some 6,500 tests a day. Many beaches in the golden state, normally packed with sun-seeking vacationers, have been shut down after the coastal states experienced an alarming surge in virus cases. IMAGES
With hats, gloves and warm clothes, around a hundred people are waiting to get Covid PCR tests in downtown Washington DC, amid Omicron variant surge and days before Christmas gatherings. President Joe Biden was due to address the nation later Tuesday after a White House official said the government will distribute 500 million free Covid tests and mobilize military medical personnel if needed. IMAGES
Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says that people should celebrate New Year in their own homes with just their own households to avoid the spread of Covid-19, a move which sees the cancellation of the major Hogmanay celebrations usually held in Edinburgh. SOUNDBITE
Long lines of cars form at the Hard Rock Stadium Covid-19 testing site in Miami, Florida, as the US surpasses 15 million cases. IMAGES
Images from an empty Hollywood Boulevard after Southern California went into lockdown Monday putting 20 million people under stay-at-home orders as the United States battles record Covid deaths. IMAGES
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