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The Louvre in Paris, the world's most visited museum, continues to turn tourists away as staff refuse to work because of coronavirus fears. The Louvre, near the banks of the Seine river in central Paris, received 9.6 million visitors last year, most of them foreigners including Americans, Chinese and Europeans. IMAGES
The Louvre museum in Paris kept its doors closed to visitors today as staff withheld labour citing fears over the coronavirus, a union representative told AFP. Some 300 staff of the world's most visited museum met in the morning and voted "almost unanimously" not to open in the morning, Christian Galani of the CGT labour union told AFP. IMAGES
The Louvre in Paris, the world's most visited museum, closes "until further notice" because of the coronavirus. IMAGES
The Louvre museum in Paris reopens to the public after management take steps to allay fears over the spread of the coronavirus, which had sparked a staff protest. IMAGES
Sydney, Oct 5 (EFE).- Australia, which will progressively reopen its international borders in November, will not allow the entry of foreign tourists until 2022, the country’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Tuesday."I think next year (foreign tourists will be allowed in). The priority is Australians," Morrison said in an interview with local television Channel 7, referring to the reopening of international borders that were closed in March 2020 with the onset of the pandemic.Australia plans to reopen Sydney International Airport first and then Melbourne Airport, the country's two main cities, once the full schedule of the virus vaccine is administered to 80 percent of the adult population in those regions. (Camera: ARCHIVE).ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF TOURIST ATTRACTIONS IN SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA.
At 9am sharp, the president-director of the Louvre, Jean-Luc Martinez, welcomes the first visitors for the reopening of the Paris museum, after six months of closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic. As with all museums, the rule of 8 m2 per visitor is applied. IMAGES
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