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On the Port of Marseille, chairs and tables are stacked on top of each other and terraces are empty on the first day of a government order to close restaurants and bars to curb the spread of Covid-19. One brewery remains open in defiance of the government order. IMAGES
At Marseille's 'Vieux Port', the fish market is open as usual. Bars, cafés and restaurants, however, are closed following the government's announcement in a bid to curb the spread of coronavirus. IMAGES
The World Health Organization declares that mpox no longer constitutes a global health emergency, almost exactly a year after the disease formerly known as monkeypox started spreading across the world. Following falling cases numbers, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus tells an online press conference he is "pleased to declare" that he had accepted the advice of the UN agency's emergency committee on mpox to lift its highest level of alarm. SOUNDBITE
Images show closed Covid booths in Beijing as cases surge in the Chinese capital. The country is navigating a rapid turn away from its zero-tolerance coronavirus strategy, unwinding years of hardline restrictions. IMAGES
The head of the World Health Organization declares the monkeypox outbreak to be a global health emergency -- the highest alarm it can sound. SOUNDBITE
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