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Turkey has begun to ease some coronavirus restrictions on Monday, with authorities saying that the outbreak is “under control”. Flights and car travels have resumed between big cities, while cafés, restaurants and Istabul’s Grand Bazaar reopen. This has been the market’s longest closure in its 559-year history, as FRANCE 24’s Turkish team reports from what is one of the biggest indoor markets in the World.
South Africa prepares to reopen a part of its economy, but divisions arise as to whether it comes too early. The country pushed back the reopening of schools by a week saying that a substantial number of them are not ready to welcome students again, as FRANCE 24’s Cape Town correspondent Emsie Ferreira reports.
Security forces in China continued to detain civilians on Monday after protests flared up across the country last weekend. Demonstrators are calling for an end to COVID-19 lockdowns and for President Xi Jinping to resign. While some measures have eased, China’s zero-tolerance policy still stands.
Face masks are still required on public transport and in healthcare facilities.View on euronews
France has decided to extend Covid-19 lockdown measures in its Caribbean overseas territories, said government spokesman Gabriel Attal on Wednesday, who added that the return to schools in these areas and in French Guyana would be pushed back to September 13.
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