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Added on the 27/10/2020 11:16:29 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Images of locked down compounds and queues for Covid testing in Beijing. China currently faces its highest amount of Covid cases since the pandemic began, official data showed Thursday. IMAGES
Beijing residents queue for Covid tests as China faces its worst outbreak since the peak of the first wave in early 2020. The capital city is sealing off whole neighbourhoods where handfuls of cases have been detected, while eastern Shanghai is recording dozens of daily deaths. IMAGES
Residents at a residential compound in Shanghai under lockdown queue to take Covid-19 tests. China reported seven more Covid-19 deaths in Shanghai on Tuesday, as major firms such as Tesla forged ahead to resume production after a damaging weeks-long lockdown. IMAGES
People queue outside a Covid-19 test center as Germany hits a record 100,000 daily Covid-19 cases. Germany's daily toll of new Covid-19 cases has topped 100,000 for the first time, according to data from the country's public health agency. IMAGES
US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says the rise in Covid-19 cases has "slowed" the economy's recovery, during a press conference in Washington. SOUNDBITE