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Added on the 17/08/2020 01:02:51 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces a four-week delay to the full lifting of coronavirus restrictions in England due to a surge of infections caused by the Delta variant. SOUNDBITE
At Matignon, French Prime Minister Jean Castex receives a report on the forthcoming departmental and regional elections from Jean-Louis Debré, the former president of the National Assembly. The report recommends postponing the regional and departmental elections until the end of June 2021 in view of the health and political situation. IMAGES
French Prime Minister Jean Castex arrives in Lille as the northern city experiences a resurgence of the Covid pandemic, and where masks are now mandatory in certain public sites. IMAGES
On his arrival in French Guiana, at the Matoury air base, French Prime Minister Jean Castex visits a medicalised A400M aircraft that is helping to fight the coronavirus epidemic, which is still very active in the French Overseas Territory. IMAGES
Images show Hillingdon Hospital, west of London, after it had closed to emergency patients following an outbreak of coronavirus. The outbreak was declared last Friday at the Hillingdon Hospital by its state-run National Health Service (NHS) trust. Britain's government has recorded more than 44,000 deaths in patients confirmed to have coronavirus, the highest toll in Europe, with official statistics showing the toll could be far higher. IMAGES