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French president Emmanuel Macron declares that the production of around fifty drugs, for which France is too dependent on "non-European imports", must be relocated. During a visit to the Ardèche, Macron announces that 25 of them "will see their production relocated or significantly increased on national territory". SOUNDBITE
French President Emmanuel Macron arrives in south-east France at the Aguettant pharmaceutical laboratory site, as part of a visit to present a plan to relocate drug production in France. IMAGES
Production has been halted in the world's biggest chocolate plant, run by Swiss giant Barry Callebaut in the Belgian town of Wieze, after salmonella contaminations were found. IMAGES
Rwandan President Paul Kagame, African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat, WHO Director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, BioNTech CEO Ugur Sahin, and Rwandan and African officials inaugurate the start of construction of BioNTech's messenger RNA vaccine production facility in Kigali, Rwanda. IMAGES
The world "does not give equal attention to black and white lives" laments WHO boss Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, comparing the attention given to Ukraine with that given to other countries such as Yemen and Syria. SOUNDBITE
Searches are being carried out at the Buitoni factory in Caudry in the North of France, where Fraich'Up frozen pizzas are produced, suspected of having caused serious cases of E.coli contamination in children. An investigation into involuntary manslaughter and deceitful practices was opened on April 1 after authorities learned of more than 70 infections, which may have caused the deaths of a one-year-old and an 18-year-old. IMAGES