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A medicalised TGV high-speed train evacuates patients from eastern France to hospitals in the West of France to treat cases of coronavirus. IMAGES
Bangkok, Jul 28 (EFE/EPA).- Bangkok authorities are converting 15 sleeper train carriages to accommodate about 240 patients with mild Covid-19 symptoms amid surging infections and overflowing hospitals.Officials of the capital, who on Tuesday visited Bang Sue Central Station where the sick will be sent, said that they are finalizing the conversion of the carriages and expect to receive the first patients on Friday."We need to install mosquito nets for windows, water and electricity systems and additional bathrooms," said the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration in a statement. (Camera: ARCHIVE).ARCHIVE FOOTAGE SHOWS THAI RAILWAY POLICE WALK INSIDE A PASSENGER TRAIN WHILE WAITING FOR COVID-19 PATIENTS ARRIVING TO BOARD A TRAIN BRINGING THEM BACK TO THEIR HOMELAND PROVINCE, AT THE RANGSIT TRAIN STATION ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF BANGKOK, THAILAND.
Paris (France), March 18 (EFE / EPA) .- (CAMERA: Christophe Petit-Tesson) Faced with the "worrying" increase of covid in France, driven by the British strain, the French Prime Minister, Jean Castex, announced a mild confinement for a month in the 16 most affected departments, including the capital.
Avignon (France), 4 Oct (EFE/EPA), (Camera: Guillaume Horcajuelo).- Medical personnel evacuate covid-19 patients by plane from Avignon airport, due to the saturation of hospitals during this second wave in Europe. FOOTAGE OF THE EVACUATION OF PATIENTS AT AVIÑON AIRPORT (FRANCE).
Two patients from Lyon suffering from Covid-19 are transferred to La-Roche-sur-Yon, in western France, in anticipation of a possible future saturation of intensive care units in the Lyon area. IMAGES
A total of 24,760 people have died from the coronavirus in France after 166 new deaths were reported for the previous 24 hours, the lowest number in more than five weeks. VIDEOGRAPHIC