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Hong Kong's leader John Lee announces that the city will fully scrap the mask mandate: "I have an announcement to make, the mask mandate will be fully scrapped starting tomorrow, 1st March." SOUNDBITE
Images show the Ramada Hotel in Schiphol, Netherlands where Europe's highest number of people so far with the Omicron strain of Covid-19 are being kept in isolation. IMAGES
WHO Europe director Hans Kluge warns of another 236,000 Covid-19 deaths in Europe by December 1, saying that "several countries" are observing an "increased burden on hospitals". SOUNDBITE
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam receives the Chinese Covid-19 Sinovac vaccine, along with other Hong Kong leaders. IMAGES
The English variant, presumably more contagious, accounts for about 1% of positive Covid-19 tests in France, according to the preliminary results of a survey conducted over two days last week, says French's Health Minister Olivier Véran. SOUNDBITE
South Korea ramps up coronavirus checking efforts at its 150 temporary testing stations erected nationwide this week amid a surge in cases. The country reported over 1,000 cases on Wednesday, having earlier broken its daily case record with 1,030 cases on Sunday. IMAGES
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