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In what Italy's prime minister said was 'not an easy decision,' PM Giuseppe Conte has put the country on lockdown for the holidays. Business Insider reports Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte told reporters that experts fear there will be a jump in COVID-19 cases over Christmas. Italy wasn't the only European country to tighten restrictions over the holidays — the UK and Germany have both announced heightened coronavirus restrictions. Johns Hopkins University data reports that as of Saturday, Italy had recorded over 1.9 million confirmed cases of coronavirus since the pandemic began. Thus far, nearly 68,000 deaths from COVID-19 have been reported in Italy.
Dili, Sep 16 (EFE/EPA).- East Timor continued Thursday to speed up its vaccination drive as Covid death toll in the country reached 100.East Timor has recorded over 18,000 COVID-19 cases and 100 deaths since the beginning of pandemic. (Camera: ANTONIO DASIPARU).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE QUEUE UP TO GET A DOSE OF ASTRAZENECA (VAXZEVRIA) COVID-19 VACCINE DURING A VACCINATION DRIVE IN DILI, EAST TIMOR.
Yangon, Aug 3 (EFE/EPA).- Myanmar has surpassed 10,000 Covid-19 deaths, according to latest official figures, and comes amid an uncontrolled wave of the virus adding to the deep political and social crisis as a result of the military coup.Health authorities reported 3,689 new infections and 330 deaths, a new high in the daily death tolls, bringing the total to 306,354 cases, including 10,061 deaths.However, groups of Myanmar doctors warn that official records do not reflect the disastrous reality in the country due to the collapse of the health system and the limited testing capacity. (Camera: ARCHIVE). ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF CORONAVIRUS SITUATION, VACCINATION DRIVES AND MYANMAR PEOPLE WAIT TO REFILL OXYGEN TANKS OUTSIDE AN OXYGEN FACTORY IN YANGON, MYANMAR.
Bangalore / New Delhi, Jul 20 (EFE/EPA).- The official Covid-19 death toll in India stood at around 400,000 at the end of June 2021 but the reality could be “catastrophically worse,” with estimates of excess deaths in the Asian country during the pandemic being as high as 4 million according to a new research published Tuesday.Excess mortality is an estimation of the number of deaths from all causes during a crisis that are above normal levels.Earlier this year, India was overwhelmed by a huge second wave of Covid-19, which pushed the country’s hospitals to the brink amid a shortage of oxygen and medical supplies. (Camera: ARCHIVE).ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF THE FUNERAL OF THE COVID-19 VICTIMS IN BANGALORE AND NEW DELHI, INDIA.
Kolkata, Jul 20 (EFE).- The official Covid-19 death toll in India stood at around 400,000 at the end of June 2021 but the reality could be “catastrophically worse,” with estimates of excess deaths in the Asian country during the pandemic being as high as 4 million according to a new research published Tuesday.(Camera: PIYAL ADHIKARY)SHOT LIST: COVID-19 VACCINATION DRIVE IN KOLKATA, INDIA.
Panama City, Jul 15 (EFE).- The COVID-19 death toll in Panama decreased in recent weeks thanks to the advance in COVID-19 vaccination drive, the Health Minister Luis Francisco Sucre told EFE on Thursday."The first objective" of the national immunization plan that began on Jan. 20 "was to avoid deaths, and that is what we are accomplishing," Sucre said.Panama has recorded a total of 6,661 deaths since the beginning of pandemic. (Camera: CARLOS LEMOS).SHOT LIST: HEALTH AUTHORITIES GIVE A DOSE OF COVID-19 VACCINE TO CITIZENS IN PANAMA CITY, PANAMA.
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