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Added on the 13/07/2021 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
The peak of the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in France "appears to be behind us", Prime Minister Jean Castex says, announcing that travel restrictions will be relaxed from early next month. Castex tells reporters there has been a "drop in the circulation of the virus" over the last 10 days, confirming that restrictions confining people to a 10-kilometre (six-mile, ed) radius of their homes would be dropped from May 3. SOUNDBITE
The Red Cross appeals for more than $100 million to provide desperately needed assistance to Morocco, days after a powerful earthquake killed more than 2,900 people. "We are seeking 100 million Swiss francs to be able to deliver on the most pressing needs at this time," says Caroline Holt, the global director of operations at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Friday's 6.8-magnitude quake was the most powerful in Morocco on record. SOUNDBITE
A Red Cross bus convoy evacuating civilians from southeast Ukraine reaches Zaporizhzhia. The ICRC has had difficulties operating in the country, with one of its teams detained for a few days after trying to get a team to Mariupol to help provide safe passage for thousands of civilians seeking to leave the beleaguered city. IMAGES
Thousands of demonstrators from across the US march in Washington, DC, to decry Covid-19 mandates. Mostly maskless, the protesters walk from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial in a city that has adopted mask and vaccine mandates. IMAGES
A nurse was arrested in Palermo, Sicily, for pretending to administer a Covid-19 vaccine to consenting patients, in particular to two spouses. In the video surveillance images, the nurse empties the content of a syringe into a gauze before giving the injection. IMAGES
Hundreds of opponents of the Covid-19 vaccine pass gather near the Eiffel Tour in Paris to protest against the controversial bill set to be greenlit by parliament and implemented by the end of January. IMAGES