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Bangalore, May 11 (EFE/EPA).- At least 11 coronavirus patients died from lack of oxygen in a hospital in southern India, after the tanker bringing medical oxygen was delayed, in what is the latest incident of this type in the country amid an unprecedented health crisis, official sources reported Tuesday.The incident occurred overnight at the SVR Ruia hospital in Tirupati, in Andhra Pradesh state, when the oxygen supply to Covid-19 patients in the ICU was disrupted for a few minutes, head of district administration, Hari Narayanan, told the media. (Camera:JAGADEESH NV). SHOT LIST: MEMBERS OF THE RAILWAY PROTECTION FORCE STAND GUARD OF HE FIRST BATCH OF LIQUID MEDICAL OXYGEN AT INLAND CONTAINER DEPOT IN BANGALORE, INDIA.
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.
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.
Bogor, Jul 15 (EFE/EPA).- The medical system in Indonesia is on the brink of collapse amid a shortage of medical oxygen in some hospitals and a rising daily number of Covid-19 infectionsIndonesian authorities have imposed tighter restrictions, from 3 to 20 July 2021, amid a new surge of COVID-19 cases in Java and Bali. Indonesia has so far recorded over 2,600,000 coronavirus (COVID-19 disease) cases since the beginning of the pandemic. (Camera: BAGUS INDAHONO).SHOT LIST: INDONESIAN WORKERS FILL OXYGEN TUBES AT AN OXYGEN REFILL STATION IN BOGOR, WEST JAVA, INDONESIA.
Yangon, Jul 15 (EFE/EPA).- The lack of oxygen supply and the distrust of the population towards the military junta has aggravated the Covid-19 situation in Myanmar, which is currently suffering a serious outbreak.ARCHIVE FOOTAGE.SHOT LIST: PEOPLE QUEUE UP TO REFILL OXYGEN TANKS IN YANGON, MYANMAR.
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).