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"An ongoing surge in China is not anticipated to significantly impact the COVID-19 epidemiological situation in the WHO European Region" says the World Health Organization's European regional director, Hans Kluge. "The surge of two virus variants circulating in China are those that have already been seen in Europe and elsewhere," he adds. China is battling a wave of Covid cases since the government's decision to lift nearly three years of restrictions. SOUNDBITE
The French government has justified a reduction in the conditions of isolation to avoid a "disorganisation" of society. While the start of the school year has been maintained for this Monday, January 3, despite the fifth wave of Covid-19, here are the rules to be respected with regard to the government's new announcements.
Across Europe, New Year celebrations are being scaled down and restrictions imposed as countries experience a massive surge in coronavirus infections.
In France, the leader in rapid diagnostic tests, Biosynex, has hired 200 temporary staff to meet soaring demand, amid record case numbers and end-of-year holidays.
As UK nations gradually loosen measures, many continental European countries are trying to control souring cases of COVID.
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