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Added on the 27/04/2020 16:39:43 - Copyright : AFP EN
No-one could escape COVID-19 in 2020, but the pandemic was not the only event to have rocked the world in this year.
Video games had a huge year. More people than ever are buying and playing games during pandemic lockdowns. Industry analysts say video-game industry's revenues are expected to exceed both sports and film combined in 2020. "Animal Crossing: New Horizons" sold nearly 30 million copies between March and October. The COVID shutdowns impacted live sports and moviegoing. Business Insider reports that the game industry is dominating other entertainment mediums in revenue.
Not a single Republican voted in favour of the massive rescue package, highlighting the bitter partisan divisions that have characterized the early days of the Biden presidency.
New Yorkers line up outside a truck offering Covid-19 testing in Corona, a neighborhood in Queens where the coronavirus pandemic wreaked havoc last year. One year ago, on March 1, 2020, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo confirmed the state's first known coronavirus case. The next morning, he and Mayor Bill de Blasio held a joint briefing where they to talked about the importance of testing. IMAGES
Ceremonies were held across Italy to remember virus victims on the anniversary of the first known COVID death in the country.
Quatre patients atteints du Covid-19, hospitalisés en réanimation sur l'île de la Réunion, sont évacués vers un aéroport de la région parisienne par vol sanitaire. Une opération sans précédent par la durée du vol, 11 heures, et le nombre de malades transportés.
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