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French professor Didier Raoult, director of the Marseille university hospital and microbiologist, has been sanctioned with a "reprimand" by the disciplinary chamber of the Order of Physicians of New Aquitaine, who analysed two complaints filed against him in late 2020. IMAGES
"Shops, certain cultural and sporting activities, and (cafe) terraces" could reopen "around mid-May" in France depending on the evolution of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, Prime Minister Jean Castex says. SOUNDBITE
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arrives to give evidence at Britain's Covid-19 inquiry. During the pandemic he was Britain's Finance Minister, and has faced criticism for his implementation of a scheme called 'Eat Out To Help Out'. Designed to revive demand for restaurants after they were closed in Covid lockdowns, the scheme has been criticised for potentially helping spread the disease, with senior scientists saying they weren't consulted. IMAGES
Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne holds a meeting on Covid-19 via videoconference with the prefects and directors of regional health agencies, as Europe currently experiences a seventh wave of the epidemic. IMAGES
Images of skyline in the eastern district of Shanghai as millions of people in China's financial hub are confined to their homes on Monday. The eastern half of the city goes into lockdown to curb the nation's biggest Covid outbreak. IMAGES
The World Health Organization says that Europe and Central Asia could see another half a million deaths by February next year. SOUNDBITE from Director of WHO Europe Hans Kluge
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