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Added on the 16/03/2022 03:34:32 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Images of reduced traffic on a street in China's largest city Shanghai under a lattice of restrictions -- which fall short of a citywide shutdown. China reported 5,280 new Covid-19 cases nationwide on Tuesday, more than double the previous day's tally as the highly-transmissible Omicron variant spreads across a country which has tethered tightly to a 'zero-Covid' strategy. IMAGES
Vehicles cross the Franco-German border at Cocheren in the Moselle and Nassweiler in Saarland, as Germany prepares to restrict crossings from France from midnight on Tuesday, after classifying the Moselle department as a high-risk Covid zone. IMAGES
Migrants wait between two walls on the United States side of the border with Mexico, as pandemic-era controls barring migrants from claiming US asylum expire at midnight Thursday amid fears of chaos at the border, with a tough new policy spelling uncertainty for thousands seeking refuge in America. IMAGES
Aerials show migrants gathering at the US-Mexico border and being searched by agents as they surrender themselves for the processing of immigration and asylum claims ahead of the expiration of Title 42. IMAGES
Hong Kong's leader John Lee announces that the city will fully scrap the mask mandate: "I have an announcement to make, the mask mandate will be fully scrapped starting tomorrow, 1st March." SOUNDBITE
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