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Seoul, Sep 16 (EFE/EPA).- South Korean health workers on Thursday gathered to demand guarantee of labor rights after the country's capital region reported its highest number of Covid-19 infections Wednesday.The figures are worrying as Saturday marks one of the main holiday periods of the country called Chuseok, a festival to celebrate the harvest and honor ancestors in which a large number of people travel from the capital region, where more than half of the national population lives, to other areas of the country. (Camera: JEON HEON-KYUN).SHOT LIST: SOUTH KOREAN WORKERS GATHER TO DEMAND LABOR RIGHTS IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA.
Colombo (Sri Lanka), Jun 17 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Chamila Karunarathne) .- Health workers carried out a strike on Thursday in front of the Colombo National Hospital to demand job improvements and prioritization of vaccination against Covid-19 to health personnel.FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST ORGANIZED IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
New Delhi, May 9 (EFE/EPA).-India recorded Sunday over 400,000 cases of coronavirus for the fifth consecutive day, in addition to reporting for the second day more than 4,000 daily deaths.The number of infections in the last 24 hours amounted to 403,738, around 2,600 cases more than Saturday, bringing the total number of infections since the start of the pandemic in the country to 22.2 million, according to the Indian Ministry of Health. (Camera: ARCHIVE).B-ROLL OF THE COVID-19 SITUATION IN SEVERAL CITIES IN INDIA.
Mexico City, May 1 (EFE).- The countries of Latin America commemorated International Labor Day on Saturday with restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic but with firm claims of a speedy economic recovery. Since the outbreak of the pandemic in Latin America in March 2020, the region has lowered its gross domestic product to 2010 levels, according to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.Some 200 sex workers marched in Mexico City to demand an end to the violence and extortion that they suffer, as well as to demand their right to work. (Camera: MIGUEL ÁNGEL ANDRANDE). SHOT LIST: MAY DAY PROTESTS IN MEXICO CITY, MEXICO.
Caracas, May 1 (EFE).- The countries of Latin America commemorated International Labor Day on Saturday with restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic but with firm claims of a speedy economic recovery.Since the outbreak of the pandemic in Latin America in March 2020, the region has lowered its gross domestic product to 2010 levels, according to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. In Venezuela, where workers from different unions demanded with banners "decent salaries" and "vaccines for all," the government Satuday increased the minimum wage by 177.78 percent and placed it at 10 million bolivars, equivalent to $3.54, according to the official exchange rate. (Camera: IVAN CARDENAS).SHOT LIST: MAY DAY PROTESTS IN CARACAS, VENEZUELA.