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Added on the 23/03/2020 09:57:56 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Four Covid patients are loaded onto an A400M military medical aircraft at Lyon-Bron airport, to be evacuated to hospitals in the Paris region. The Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region is the most affected in France, and the Regional Health Agency (ARS) is planning a total of 200 patient transfers over the next fortnight. IMAGES
Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne holds a meeting on Covid-19 via videoconference with the prefects and directors of regional health agencies, as Europe currently experiences a seventh wave of the epidemic. IMAGES
A nurse was arrested in Palermo, Sicily, for pretending to administer a Covid-19 vaccine to consenting patients, in particular to two spouses. In the video surveillance images, the nurse empties the content of a syringe into a gauze before giving the injection. IMAGES
French professor Didier Raoult, director of the Marseille university hospital and microbiologist, has been sanctioned with a "reprimand" by the disciplinary chamber of the Order of Physicians of New Aquitaine, who analysed two complaints filed against him in late 2020. IMAGES
Around 300 volunteer healthcare workers arrive at Orly aiport to head to the French overseas territories of Martinique and Guadeloupe where hospitals are overwhelmed with Covid-19 cases. 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.