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French government spokesperson Gabriel Attal predicts that "one million more people" will receive at least one Covid-19 vaccine jab in the country in February, adding to January's 1.4 million to make a total of "2.5 million at the end of February." SOUNDBITE
World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus estimates the number of deaths caused by Covid-19 to be "at least 20 million", well above the official number reported to WHO of "almost seven million deaths". SOUNDBITE
French health minister, Brigitte Bourguignon, visits the residents of a nursing home in Poitiers, as France's record pre-summer heatwave spreads across the country. IMAGES
Speaking at the National Assembly, French health minister Olivier Véran slams opposition group Les Républicains, after a surprise move by the right-wing party to team up with the far-left and far-right late on Monday, to hold up a bill tightening measures against Covid-19. The centrist party of French President Emmanuel Macron was left red-faced as not enough of its lawmakers were still present in the chamber when the vote by a show of hands was taken to continue the debate. SOUNDBITE
French Overseas Minister Sébastien Lecornu meets Martinique's social representatives in Fort-de-France, after a visit to Guadeloupe, in an attempt to end more than a week of violent protests sparked by Covid-19 restrictions. IMAGES
The Mahault roundabout in Lamentin, Martinique, is still occupied by strikers and roads barricaded with burnt cars as France's minister for overseas territories is due to meet local officials for talks over ways to end more than a week of protests. IMAGES
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