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Health workers and an ambulance are seen outside Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami as Florida reports its highest daily death count from COVID-19 so far. IMAGES
Images of a hospital where coronavirus patients are being treated in Kommunarkab, outside the Russian capital, as Moscow registers 9,056 new coronavirus infections in 24 hours, a record since the start of the pandemic. New variants of Covid-19 are suspected of causing a sudden jump in the number of cases in the Russian capital, the mayor said, amid a sluggish vaccination drive. IMAGES
A first Covid patient from Nice is transferred by the medical team of the plane that has just landed in Toulouse to a helicopter, heading for the hospital in Auch. In a bid to avoid more lockdowns due to pressure on the hospital system, France has started transferring Covid patients to regions where the hospital system is less saturated. IMAGES
At least four people have died after a fire broke out in Romania's main hospital treating Covid-19 patients, officials have said. IMAGES
At the Yaba Mainland Hospital in Nigeria's economic hub of Lagos, oxygen needs have increased to 350 cylinders a day from 70 per day during the country's first wave, according to authorities, as Covid-19 cases have surged and demand for oxygen has rapidly risen. IMAGES
Four Covid patients are loaded onto an A400M military medical aircraft at Lyon-Bron airport, to be evacuated to hospitals in the Paris region. The Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region is the most affected in France, and the Regional Health Agency (ARS) is planning a total of 200 patient transfers over the next fortnight. IMAGES