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New York, Feb 26 (EFE), (Camera: Alba Vigaray/Jorge Fuentelsaz).- Luis and Alex work at the Addictive Wine and Tapas Bar in New York preparing 250 trays of bolognese for health workers at the Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx. It is part of an initiative by Spanish chef Jose Andres that provides a service for medical workers during the Covid-19 pandemic while doubling up as a business strategy to help restaurants weather the financial hit of coronavirus restrictions. “If there is an emergency, those restaurants are closed, so what better way to put them to use than to serve those who need it,” Andres tells Efe in an interview. In the last month alone, the chef’s NGO World Central Kitchen has offered 16 public hospitals in New York some 30,000 meals per day at a price of $6 to $8 per plate.FOOTAGE OF FOOD PREPARATION AT THE 'ADDICTIVE WINE AND TAPAS' RESTAURANT AND ELMHURST HOSPITAL IN QUEENS, NEW YORK.SOUNDBITES OF:-FRANCISCO DIEZ, OWNER OF 'ADDICTIVE WINE AND TAPAS': "During the pandemic, we closed on March 15. We closed completely because we did not have a take-out service, when people can pick the food up, since the concept of tapas (...) the beauty of it is to eat them at that moment because they come with bread."-GRACE RAMÍREZ, RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COVID-19 RESPONSE IN NEW YORK AT WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN:"In this specific initiative, all was quite different for us: we were facing a pandemic and, in the beginning, nobody knew what was going.""We have worked with more than 250 restaurants until today. We are really proud to say that we have literally saved over 250 restaurants from closure."-RUSSEL BERMEL, RESPONSIBLE FOR SPECIAL PROJECTS AT WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN:"We are helping people so they do not have to cook at home and think about what they have to prepare during the day."-ANTHONY JARZEMBOWSKI, ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT ELMHURST HOSPITAL.
Optimism that new vaccines will bring the pandemic under control and allow economic activity to resume coupled with stimulus in major economies has boosted the growth forecast this year to 5.5 percent, the IMF says in its latest World Economic Outlook. SOUNDBITE
Hanoi, Nov 19 (EFE/EPA).- In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic and with its borders closed since March, Vietnam has opened this year the world's first gold-plated hotel in its capital. With 120,000 square meters of golden facade, the Dolce by Wyndham Hanoi Golden Lake hotel has been accredited Thursday by the International Union of Records as the only hotel in the world with gold-plated tiles. (Camara: LUONG THAI LINH).SHOT LIST: THE EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR OF THE DOLCE HANOI GOLDEN LAKE HOTEL NEAR GIANG VO LAKE IN HANOI, VIETNAM.
Singapore, Sep 28 (EFE/EPA), (Camera: Wallace Woon).- The Singaporean government has joined in the celebrations for World Tourism Day, whose theme this year is rebuilding tourism in a safe, equitable and climate-friendly manner. FOOTAGE OF SINGAPORE AND TOURIST SITES OF THE CITY.
Antonov An-225 Mriya, the world's biggest plane, comes back to Ukraine from China with medical supplies amid the COVID-19 pandemic. IMAGES
A live album featuring the performances from the 'One World: Together At Home' event has been released to stream, with profits going to the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for the World Health Organisation (WHO).
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