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IN THE PRESS – Tuesday, October 13, 2020: We look at reactions in the French press to the country's deepening Covid-19 crisis, a day ahead of President Emmanuel Macron's planned prime-time interview. We also look at a series of measures adopted in other European countries, including the UK and Germany. Finally, we turn to a recent study that questions whether couples in long-term relationships tend to look alike.
Bangkok, Jan 1 (EFE/EPA).- Thai people on Friday made merit and prayed at a temple in Bangkok to mark the start of the new year amid the fear of the new wave of COVID-19 pandemic. (Camera: RUNGROJ YONGRIT).SHOT LIST: THAI PEOPLE MAKE MERIT AT WAT BENCHAMABOPHIT DUSITVANARAM OR THE MARBLE TEMPLE IN BANGKOK, THAILAND.
Global infections of coronavirus have topped three million, and the death toll continues to rise. In Africa and India, confirmed cases are doubling every less than two weeks. In Western Europe, governments in Italy, Spain and France, are easing lockdown amid signs the virus has peaked. Meanwhile the United States, with one million cases, is the world’s worst hit country, and authorities fear a second wave due to some states lifting stay-at-home orders.
Cameroonian authorities are worried about pentecostal churches in the country in which worshippers are being encouraged to flout social distancing measures. They fear the houses of worship are the sources of superspreader events as the country struggles with a second wave of infections. Our team reports.
Amid fear, anxiety, sleep deprivation, anger and isolation, it's certainly no surprise that cases of depression have more than doubled in France during the ongoing Covid-19 crisis. With authorities warning of a "third, mental health wave" of the pandemic, the country's psychiatric services are left to pick up the pieces. But historic underfunding and enduring social stigma only complicate matters further. To find out more, we speak to French psychiatrist Marion Leboyer.
On Friday the UN warned that clean water may soon no longer be available for more than four million people. The government is so cash-strapped it's struggling to run both water and power plants.
The Chinese capital rushes to contain a new outbreak of COVID-19 cases seemingly linked to a food market, just as EU countries reopen their borders.
Chinese authorities say there was no significant rise in the number of covid-19 infections during the Lunar New Year holiday. According to official data the number of serious cases and deaths are trending downward. FRANCE 24's correspondent in China Yena Lee has more from Beijing.
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