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Protests against harsh COVID restrictions have spread across China, including Beijing, with some protesters calling for President Xi Jinping to step down.
Shanghai on Friday announced a record 21,000 new cases and a third consecutive day of Covid-19 testing as a lockdown of its 26 million people showed no sign of easing and other Chinese cities tightened curbs - even in places with no recent infections. FRANCE 24's Oliver Farry reports.
With another COVID-19 ‘variant of interest’, the World Health Organization is warning countries around the world not to dismantle their surveillance measures. The health body says the new variant EG5 is a mutation of Omicron and is similar in its effects.
Portugal becomes the latest EU country to implement mandatory Covid-19 testing for all passengers arriving from China.