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Brasilia, Oct 15 (EFE) .- An association of victims Friday placed 600 white flags in front of the Brazilian Congress, in Brasilia, in memory of the more than 600,000 Covid-19 related deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.The symbolic act was organized by the Association of Victims and Family Members of Covid Victims (Avico), created in April this year with the aim of putting pressure on the Government of President Jair Bolsonaro, who has consistently diminished the seriousness of the health crisis.(Camera: ALEX MIRKHAN)SHOT LIST: WHITE FLAGS PLACED IN FRONT OF THE BRAZILIAN CONGRESS IN BRASILIA, BRAZIL. SOUND BITES:Antonieta Alves, volunteer:"This act represents a large part of the pain of each of these families and our outrage at the government's contempt for these victims, because today 600,000 have been trivialized. 600,000 no longer means anything, you know? It's as if we hadn't started to die. The government does not take things into consideration and the people trivialize these 600 thousand. The families that lost their relatives and friends felt it. We feel that each one of these exceeds 600 thousand. "Carla Marcia Davi, volunteer:"We could have a health (policy) that would reduce deaths in the country, but unfortunately our government is negligent, it does not contribute with vaccines, to our public health. We are in a very difficult moment in our country, of mourning, abandonment and total poverty. "
WHO Europe director Hans Kluge warns of another 236,000 Covid-19 deaths in Europe by December 1, saying that "several countries" are observing an "increased burden on hospitals". SOUNDBITE
Tokyo, Apr 29 (EFE/EPA).- The number of daily Covid-19 infections in Tokyo on Thursday crossed 1,000 for the first time since the end of January, while the Japanese capital and other regions of the country remain under a health emergency due to a surge in cases.The Tokyo metropolitan area recorded 1,027 new cases, showing a continued increase in infections in the capital as a part of the fourth wave across the country.In Osaka prefecture, the hardest hit by the current wave of infections, there were 1,117 new cases reported on Thursday and a record 44 daily deaths. (Camera: FRANCK ROBICHON).SHOT LIST: COMMUTERS WEARING FACE MASKS AT A SUBWAY STATION IN TOKYO, JAPAN.
Rio de Janeiro, Jan 21 (EFE).- Brazil registered 1,316 new deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, the third day in a row with more than a thousand deaths per day and exceeding 214,000 victims since the start of the pandemic.(Camera: SEBASTIAO MOREIRA)SHOT LIST: HEALTH AUTHORITIES CARRYING OUT VACCINATIONS IN A HOSPITAL IN RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).