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Alameda, May 26 (EFE / EPA).- The Alameda Unified School District (AUSD) has been providing free lunch meals a week to help students who used to depend on school lunches before the schools were closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (JOHN MABANGLO).FOOTAGE SHOWS AN ALAMEDA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT (AUSD) WORKERS DISTRIBUTE FREE LUNCH MEALS AND ART KITS TO STUDENTS OF 18 YEARS OLD OR UNDER AT A DRIVE UP PICK UP AT ALAMEDA POINT IN ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA, USA.
Manila, Apr 20 (EFE/EPA).- Dozens of Filipinos on Monday queued up for free meals from a mobile kitchen set up by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for low income communities affected by the coronavirus pandemic in Quezon City.Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened a martial law-like crackdown in case the number of quarantine violators continues to rise, according to media reports. Police said that more than 100,000 individuals have violated the quarantine protocols - caught outside their homes without valid reasons. The Philippines began massive tests last week to isolate positive, even asymptomatic, cases to contain the disease thanks to donations from China, South Korea and Brunei, in addition to having received a team of Chinese doctors to advise their Filipino colleagues in response to the pandemic. (Camera: ROLEX DELA PENA).SHOT LIST: FILIPINOS QUEUING UP FOR FREE MEALS FROM THE PHILIPPINE ARMED FORCES IN QUEZON CITY, METRO MANILA, THE PHILIPPINES.
The Biden administration will distribute more than 25 million masks across the United States to curb the spread of Covid-19, White House Covid-19 response coordinator Jeff Zients says during a news briefing. SOUNDBITE
The second round of stimulus checks from the US government are going out this week. Business Insider reports the checks will pay up to $600 each, or $1,200 per married couple, plus additional funds for children. According to Congress's bill authorizing the payments, most of the direct cash payments will be sent to qualifying Americans by January 15. To track your payment, visit the 'Get My Payment' section of the IRS website at www.irs.gov/coronavirus/get-my-payment Direct deposits and paper checks are arriving this week.
According to recent Business Insider polling the typical American believes they will be eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine within the next three months. The CDC recommends that the first round of vaccinations should go to frontline workers and people aged 75 and up. Each state is in charge of its vaccine distribution process. Experts predict the general public will be able to be vaccinated by summer 2021. That would be after high-priority groups such as healthcare professionals and essential workers get the shots.
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