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Added on the 02/05/2020 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Singapore, Apr 28 (EFE / EPA) .- singapore has registers 528 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, most of them in dorms designed for foreign workers. Singapore has so far registered 14,951 cases and 14 deaths derived from the COVID-19 virus. (Camera: WALLACE WOON)FOOTAGE SHOWS SOLDIERS GUARDING FOREIGN WORKER DORMITORIES IN SINGAPORE.
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.
Quezon City, Mar 11 (EFE/EPA).- Protesters gathered Thursday outside the National Kidney and Transplant Institute in Quezon City to demand the release of relief funds for health workers serving amid the Covid-19 pandemic.Protesters claim that hospital administration has yet to release some 82-million pesos (1.4 million euros) worth of financial aid that is supposed to cover meal, transportation and living accommodation allowance for healthcare frontline workers. (Camera: ROLEX DELA PENA)SHOT LIST: RALLY OUTSIDE THE NATIONAL KIDNEY AND TRANSPLANT INSTITUTE IN QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES.
Singapore, Sep 17 (EFE/EPA).- The Singaporean government has announced that it will be giving away 100 SGD vouchers to Singaporeans for use at various sights and attractions in a bid to boost domestic tourism amidst the global economic crisis caused by the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. (Camera: WALLACE WOON). SHOT LIST: SIGHTS AND ATTRACTIONS IN THE CHINATOWN TOURIST DISTRICT OF SINGAPORE.
Singapore, Sep 14 (EFE/EPA).- Singapore is set to begin issuing the TraceTogether token, used for contact tracing to prevent the spread of COVID-19.The token works using Bluetooth to communicate with other similar devices and is tied to a registered user in order to track if the holder has come into contact with anyone infected with coronavirus. (Camera: WALLACE WOON).SHOT LIST: SINGAPOREANS COLLECT TRACETOGETHER TOKENS AT A COLLECTION POINT IN SINGAPORE.