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Added on the 29/07/2020 16:08:06 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Wearing a locally-made mask, French Minister of the Interior Christophe Castaner visits the Mortelecque factory in Annoeullin, in northern France. Specialised in industrial filtration, it has recently started making masks to help meet the demand as France prepares to start lifting the lockdown on May 11. IMAGES
French health minister, Brigitte Bourguignon, visits the residents of a nursing home in Poitiers, as France's record pre-summer heatwave spreads across the country. IMAGES
French transport minister Jean-Baptiste Djebbari visits a Covid-19 screening centre at Orly airport while antigen tests are to be launched for some departing passengers. These tests, which are less efficient than the current PCR tests, do not require laboratory analysis, and the result can be known in 10 to 30 minutes. IMAGES
French PM Jean Castex visits a workshop in Roubaix manufacturing "Resilience" masks. He previously gave an update on the Covid-19 epidemic in the Lille metropolis, where the wearing of masks is now compulsory in certain "open public places". IMAGES
France's minister for education, Jean-Michel Blanquer, visits the Jean Perrin vocational high school in Saint-Cyr l'Ecole on the occasion of the transition to phase two of deconfinement, synonymous with the gradual reopening of vocational high schools in the orange zone. 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.