Coronavirus latest: Abu Dhabi to introduce saliva tests for children aged between 4 and 12

Testing will help schools return to normal, says a top UAE official

US President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden visit a Covid-19 vaccination facility at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas. AFP

A police officer holds up a stop sign as a car approaches in an almost-deserted street in Jordan's capital Amman, during a coronavirus lockdown. AFP

A girl who is infected with Covid-19 receives oxygen in a quarantine ward at a hospital in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq. Reuters

A medical worker measures the temperature of travellers, using a thermal camera, at the arrival hall of Tindouf Airport, in south-west Algeria. AFP

A municipal worker disinfects a classroom before pupils return to school, in Cankaya district, in Turkey's capital Ankara. AFP

An airport worker puts Covax labels on Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines being unloaded at Felix Houphouet Boigny Airport, Abidjan, Ivory Coast. The country has received 504,000 doses from Covax, which provides inoculations for poorer countries. AFP

Women wearing flamenco dresses protest in Seville, Spain, to highlight the difficulties the flamenco fashion sector is facing over coronavirus restrictions. AFP

A health worker administers a Covid-19 vaccine to a resident at Solar das Acacias nursing home, in Guarulhos, near Sao Paulo, Brazil. Reuters

Buddhists pray as screens show devotees gathering via Zoom for a ceremony to commemorate Makha Bucha Day at the Wat Phra Dhammakaya temple, following the spread of Covid-19, in Pathum Thani province, Thailand. Reuters

Steam rises from a vent outside the US Capitol on the day the House of Representatives is expected to vote on legislation to provide $1.9 trillion in new coronavirus relief in Washington, US. Reuters

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