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Added on the 05/02/2020 06:39:44 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
The Democratic Republic of Congo, the epicentre of an mpox outbreak, receives its first vaccines -- almost half of 200,000 doses donated by the European Union and due to arrive by the end of the week to fight its spread. IMAGES
China has suspended the issuing of short-term visas to South Koreans in response to Seoul's imposition of travel restrictions on Chinese travellers due to Covid concerns, Beijing's embassy in Seoul says. IMAGES
Protesters gather near the Liangma river in central Beijing to protest against China's zero-Covid policy in a rare outpouring of public anger against the state. 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
Images of a few vehicles driving on a quiet street of Shanghai as the city reports seven new deaths from Covid-19 on Tuesday, after the metropolis recorded hundreds of thousands of cases during a weeks-long lockdown. City authorities revealed the first virus deaths on Monday, with Tuesday's fatalities bringing the total official toll to just 10, despite the scale of the outbreak. 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.