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Added on the 12/04/2021 16:13:23 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Londoners toast a significant easing of coronavirus restrictions with early morning pints as the country takes a tentative step towards the resumption of normal life. England has now partially lifted restrictions, with non-essential shops, gyms, pub gardens and hairdressers reopened. IMAGES of people in a London beer garden
Sao Paulo residents enjoy Ibirapuera Park, their city's biggest park, as it reopens after months of virus lockdown. IMAGES
Muslim worshippers pray while respecting the social distancing restrictions at the Al-Rajhi Mosque in the capital Riyadh after Saudi authorities reopened mosques, more than two months after they were closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Saudi Arabia has officially recorded 83,384 COVID-19 cases and 480 deaths from the virus. IMAGES
Workers in PPE test residents, including elderly and children, in a locked-down Shanghai residential district. Shanghai, a city of 25 million and China's economic engine room, has become the heart of the country's biggest outbreak since the peak of the first virus wave in Wuhan over two years ago, rattling the country's adherence to a strict zero-Covid policy. Residents locked down since early April have complained of food shortages and over-zealous officials forcing them into state quarantine, as authorities rush to construct tens of thousands of beds to house Covid-19 patients with daily infections topping 20,000. IMAGES
Residents in Shanghai take Covid tests while under lockdown. China reported over 20,000 Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, the highest daily tally given since the start of the pandemic, with Shanghai the heart of the virus surge despite being in lockdown. IMAGES