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Added on the 01/05/2021 19:51:34 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
A charity ship carrying more than 200 migrants rescued in the Mediterranean enters the French port of Toulon, after the country allowed the ship to disembark in response to Italy's refusal to take passengers in. IMAGES
Italy marks a minute of silence and flies flags at half mast to mourn 11,591 people who have died of the coronavirus pandemic that has altered the Mediterranean country's life. The nation of 60 million has recorded nearly a third of all fatalities cause by the once-in-a-century disease since first detecting it near Milan in late February. The day of mourning marks a month in which Italy saw more deaths from a single disaster that at any time since World War II. IMAGES
Italy's Costa Cruises ship Costa Victoria docks at the port of Civitavecchia, some 70 kilometres northwest of Rome. Italy's Costa Cruises said it was isolating more than 700 guests on board its Victoria ship after one of them tested positive for the novel coronavirus. IMAGES
Buses carry cruise ship passengers who had been stranded for 12 hours while a SARS-like virus scare was investigated, on the Costa Crociere ship in the port of Civitavecchia, Italy. Over 6,000 tourists were blocked on the cruise ship. IMAGES
More than 6,000 tourists are under lockdown aboard a cruise ship at an Italian port after two Chinese passengers were isolated over fears they could be carrying the coronavirus. IMAGES