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Residents of Pretoria get vaccinated against Covid-19, as South Africa struggles with a third wave of infections. The country, the worst affected by the pandemic in Africa, has seen the daily figures for new cases double over the past two weeks, while hospital admissions have climbed by nearly 60 percent over the same period. IMAGES
Laval in France's Mayenne region has launched a mass screening campaign for Covid-19 after an abnormal increase in the number of cases was detected in the department. IMAGES
People queue outside a Covid-19 test center as Germany hits a record 100,000 daily Covid-19 cases. Germany's daily toll of new Covid-19 cases has topped 100,000 for the first time, according to data from the country's public health agency. IMAGES
Passengers walk in a terminal at Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands after authorities test whether 61 passengers who tested positive for Covid-19 after arriving from South Africa have the new Omicron strain. IMAGES
Scientists in South Africa say they have detected a new Covid-19 variant with multiple mutations, blaming it for a surge in infection numbers. The variant, which goes by the scientific lineage number B.1.1.529, "has a very high number of mutations". SOUNDBITE
A Covid-19 patient in their sixties has been transferred to Marseille from Corsica by military helicopter, after hospital occupancy in Bastia, one of the island's two main cities, passed 79 percent on Tuesday. IMAGES
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