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Added on the 11/02/2022 09:53:48 - Copyright : AFP EN
Covid antigen self-test kits are distributed in Queens, New York, where people wait in long lines to get a free test before the Christmas holidays. The US is battling huge infection surges driven by variant Omicron's rapid spread. IMAGES
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki tells reporters that US President Bidens's speech on the Omicron variant on Tuesday will not be about "locking the country down." 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
Residents of Boston, Massachusetts, line up at a Covid-19 testing site as the United States experiences a surge in coronavirus cases. IMAGES
After a two-week holiday, 12 million pupils return to school in France. At the Jean Jaurès secondary school in Cenon, classes begin with a tribute to Samuel Paty, the teacher who was beheaded on 16 October for having shown cartoons of Mohammed in class. IMAGES
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