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Dhaka, Aug 5 (EFE/EPA).- Bangladesh continued Thursday its COVID-19 vaccination drive to curb the pandemic.The South Asian country has recorded over 1.31 million COVID-19 cases and over 21,000 deaths since the beginning of pandemic. (Camera: MONIRUL ALAM).SHOT LIST: THE COVID-19 VACCINATION IN DHAKA, BANGLADESH.
Dhaka, Aug 3 (EFE/EPA).- Textile factories in Bangladesh continued in operation Tuesday after authorities allowed export-oriented mills and factories to re-open from Sunday amid COVID-19 pandemic.Bangladesh imposed a 14-day nationwide lockdown from Jul. 23 through Aug. 5, in a bid to curb the spreading of COVID-19 infections and deaths in the country. (Camera: MONIRUL ALAM).SHOT LIST: WORKERS WARING FACE MASK WORK AT A TEXTILE FACTORY IN DHAKA, BANGLADESH.
US President Donald J. Trump has repeatedly undermined Dr. Anthony Fauci's assessments and guidance about the coronavirus pandemic. Now, Business Insider reports Fauci admitted Tuesday that his experience serving in the Trump administration has been 'somewhat awkward.' It's not a happy day when you have to get up in front of national TV and contradict something that the President of the United States says. I take no pleasure in that at all. Dr. Anthony Fauci Interview, Harvard Business Review Fauci has been the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984. He's worked with every US president since Ronald Reagan. But Trump has repeatedly contradicted Fauci's assessment of the pandemic and pushed back against necessary public-health measures.
The Washing Post is reporting that on Monday top Democrats approached the GOP's Mitch Connell with a secretive COVID-19 stimulus bill proposal. According to Business Insider the move came just before lawmakers unveiled a bipartisan $908 billion proposal. The new stimulus moderately increases proposed GOP spending. Speaker Pelosi said that the "private" proposal was also sent to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. On Tuesday, McConnell appeared to settle on a version close to the GOP's original demands for a small stimulus bill.
Employees of a call center contractor for Amazon are complaining of dangerous working conditions in the city of Cebu, in the Philippines. Business Insider reports workers say they're being forced to make an impossible choice: either become infected with COVID-19--or starve. The contractor, Teleperformance, provides call center services for Amazon's Ring video doorbell products. Dozens of the call center's employees have developed flu-like symptoms, which are characteristic of COVID-19 infection. As public transport has been shut down in Cebu, workers were sleeping on the floor at work so as not to arrive late for their shifts. Workers say that workstations aren't properly sanitized, and when shifts overlap, or when staff sleep on the floor, it's difficult to socially distance. Workers allege that cleaners come through sporadically and when they do, it's with a bucket of water and a towel. People are scared because we don't know who has it and who doesn't have it. But people don't have a choice, because it's either you will be infected or you will die of starvation. Contractor, Teleperformance
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