Description
Added on the 09/07/2020 16:31:04 - Copyright : France 24 EN
Colombo, Jul 29 (EFE/EPA).-Sri Lankan health workers wearing protective gear performed Thursday COVID -19 swab tests in Colombo.Sri Lanka is currently in the midst of the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic and the number of cases is increasing day by day. Sri Lanka has so far recorded a total of 301,832 COVID-19 cases with 4,258 deaths while a total of 8,718,433 people have received the first dose of the vaccine and 1,994,384 have already received the second one.(Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE)SHOT LIST: HEALTH WORKERS CARRY OUT COVID-19 SWAB TESTS IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
Colombo, Jul 5 (EFE/EPA).- Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps personnel carried out Monday a vaccination drive with China's Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine at a public park in Colombo. Sri Lanka has so far received over six million doses of Covid-19 vaccine with the stock of newly arrived 26,000 doses of Pfizer- BioNTech Comirnaty Covid19 vaccines Monday. Sri Lanka is currently using Oxford AstraZeneca, China's Sinopharm, Russian Sputnik V, Covid -19 vaccines for the Vaccine rollout. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka is currently experiencing a serious shortage of Oxford AstraZeneca (Covishield) vaccine, to be given as a second dose.Sri Lanka has so far recorded a total of 265,630 Covid-19 cases with 3,236 deaths while a total of 2,971,751 people have received the first dose of the vaccine and 1,250,443 have already received the second one.(Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE)SHOT LIST:VACCINATION DRIVE IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
The peak of the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in France "appears to be behind us", Prime Minister Jean Castex says, announcing that travel restrictions will be relaxed from early next month. Castex tells reporters there has been a "drop in the circulation of the virus" over the last 10 days, confirming that restrictions confining people to a 10-kilometre (six-mile, ed) radius of their homes would be dropped from May 3. SOUNDBITE
Taipei, Feb 10 (EFE/EPA).- People in Taiwan on Wednesday shopped for ornaments and flowers ahead of the Lunar New Year day which falls on Feb. 12 and will mark the beginning of the Year of the Ox in Chinese astrologies.Most major public gatherings and events in Taiwan were cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Camera: RITCHIE TONGO).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE SHOPS FOR LUNAR NEW YEAR ORNAMENTS AND FLOWERS IN TAIPEI, TAIWAN.
Gaza, Dec 13 (EFE / EPA) .- Palestine, with about five million inhabitants, registered Saturday 33 deaths from coronavirus, a new record high since the beginning of the pandemic and a worrying figure.(Camera: MOHAMMED SABER)SHOT LIST: CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AND A SANTA CLAUS IMPERSONATOR IN A RESTAURANT NEAR THE BEACH IN GAZA DURING THE REOPENING OF ESTABLISHMENTS AFTER EVERYTHING WAS CLOSED DURING THE WEEKEND.
Bogota, Oct 7 (EFE).- Colombia has recorded Tuesday almost 900,000 cases of COVID-19 and 27,000 deaths after seven months since the pandemic first arrived in the country. Despite the decrease in daily figures, the authorities said that they have already prepared for the possible second wave in the next few months. (Camera: JUAN DIEGO LOPEZ).B-ROLL OF THE STREETS IN BOGOTA, COLOMBIA.