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Added on the 14/03/2022 16:33:09 - Copyright : Euronews EN
Social life begins anew for the residents of Lille, in northern France, after seven months of Covid-19 lockdowns, as bars and restaurants reopen their indoor dining areas. IMAGES
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
French government spokesman Gabriel Attal announces that a "detailed timetable for the gradual lifting of the latest measures" against the Covid epidemic will be announced by ministers Jean Castex and Olivier Véran. SOUNDBITE
Pupils in the five years of primary school (Year 2 to Year 6) in the 47 regions of France least affected by Covid-19 no longer have to wear masks. This is the case in Dinan, in the Côtes d'Armor region, in Brittany. IMAGES in a Breton language Diwan school
Smiles are back on the faces of French school children again after a government announcement concerning the wearing of masks: in this school in the Landes, 200 or so pupils from Year 2 to Year 6 can now come to class without masks. The Landes is one of 47 French regions where the obligation to wear masks for children has been lifted because the incidence rate of the virus has fallen below 50 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. IMAGES
Images of people visiting the Taj Mahal as India eases Covid-19 restrictions. The Taj Mahal had shut to visitors two months ago amid a deadly surge of coronavirus infections that swept the country. IMAGES