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Paris, Mar 24 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Ian Langsdon).- The French government announced Wednesday that 38 large vaccination centres would open across the country. The interior ministry explained in a statement that 25,000 firefighters would be trained so that they can inject the vaccines and another 2,500 would be in charge of the administration of these centres, in which up to 530,000 doses are expected to be injected each week.FOOTAGE OF A VACCINATION CENTER IN THE NATIONAL VELODROME OF SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, NEAR PARIS.
The Promenade des Anglais in Nice is almost deserted during this first weekend of confinement as the region battles an increasingly worrying number of Covid-19 cases. IMAGES
French so-called "non-essential" shops should soon find out whether they can reopen or not: a Defence council starts at the Elysee Palace, where President Macron and his ministers are expected to take several decisions, two weeks after the start of a second lockdown and before a new PM presser later in the day. IMAGES
Kiev (Ukraine), Nov 11 (EFE / EPA), (Camera Sergey Dolzhenko).- Hundreds of small businesses protested in Kiev against a possible weekend quarantine and demanded the abolition of a new law on the simplified tax system which, according to the protesters, damages the sector.FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST ON WEDNESDAY IN KIEV.
On the first day of France's return to lockdown, traffic is less dense but steady on the Champs-Elysées in Paris. The measures meant to counter a spike in cases are less strict than France's previous lockdown and provide for the continuation of some professional activites, school, postal and other services. IMAGES
Kolkata, Aug 5 (EFE/EPA).- The government of West Bengal, India, imposed on Wednesday a one-week total lockdown in the state due to the increase in the number of COVID-19 cases.So far, India has recorded more than 1,900,000 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus and more than 39,000 deaths. (Camera: PIYAL ADHIKARY).SHOT LIST: B-ROLL OF THE EMPTY STREETS IN KOLKATA, INDIA.