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Workers in PPE test residents, including elderly and children, in a locked-down Shanghai residential district. Shanghai, a city of 25 million and China's economic engine room, has become the heart of the country's biggest outbreak since the peak of the first virus wave in Wuhan over two years ago, rattling the country's adherence to a strict zero-Covid policy. Residents locked down since early April have complained of food shortages and over-zealous officials forcing them into state quarantine, as authorities rush to construct tens of thousands of beds to house Covid-19 patients with daily infections topping 20,000. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron attends the unveiling of a life-size model of the engine of the new TGV M at the Gare de Lyon in Paris, to mark the 40th anniversary of the high-speed TGV. The latest model is expected to hit the rails in 2024. COMPLETES VIDI9MZ9PP_EN IMAGES
People line up to do self-swabs at a Covid-19 test site in Los Angeles as millions of American travelers return home after the Thanksgiving holiday. IMAGES
At Roissy airport, near Paris, passengers from Sao Paulo, Brazil, are being tested for coronavirus. Tests are now mandatory for travellers coming to France from sixteen at-risk countries. IMAGES