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Added on the 26/03/2020 18:26:03 - Copyright : BANG Showbiz
Supporters of Austria's Far-right Freedom Party gather to protest against mandatory coronavirus vaccinations. Next week, the country will impose a partial lockdown which constitute the toughest restrictions introduced in Europe in recent weeks as Covid-19 cases surge continent-wide. IMAGES
Italians walk without masks in Rome as the whole country becomes a "low-risk" zone for Covid-19, marking a dramatic milestone for the first European country to be hit by the global pandemic in February 2020. IMAGES
Demonstrators from the Rio de Paz human rights activist group lower Brazilian flags and mock body bags into symbolic graves on Copacabana beach, during a protest against the Brazilian government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. The country reached a bleak new milestone this week as its death toll passed 400,000 and the Senate launched an investigation into whether President Jair Bolsonaro's far-right government has exacerbated the crisis. IMAGES
The EU's medicines regulator says it cannot rule out a link between the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine and a rare clotting disorder, despite insisting the vaccine is safe. SOUNDBITE
Restaurants on Campo de' Fiori square in Rome reopen, as an easing of coronavirus restrictions means they are permitted to serve customers during the day. Sixteen regions are now under the lower-risk "yellow" category, while five -- Sicily, Sardinia and Puglia in the south, Umbria in the centre and South Tyrol in the north -- are still "orange." IMAGES