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San Salvador, Jun 12 (EFE).- (Camera: Vladimir Chicas) "Us sex workers won't die of COVID-19, but of hunger", with this phrase as a mantra, Alma Ramos is bringing food to her colleagues in San Salvador, as the pandemic leaves the 45,500 women sex workers in the country without a proper income.FOOTAGE OF ALMA RAMOS IN HER HOUSE AND GIVING FOOR TO COLLEAGUES.SOUNDBITES OF RAMOS.Translation:"I'm only helping those I can, the ones I can reach.""Discrimination and stigma are always there.""I lost my shyness because if I ask for something for myself I get embarrassed, but I don't for my colleagues.""My colleagues were worried, they had nothing to eat.""My colleagues don't have food.""Now I go to houses, I don't work in a business or a corner."
Lima, Jun 2 (EFE).- Either dodge stay-at-home orders and seek out customers on the street or go without the money needed for food, medicine and rent. That is the crossroads faced by sex workers in Peru's capital, who have been compelled to ask for handouts and prepare communal pots of food to evade hunger.(CAMERA: Fernando Gimeno y Miguel Angel).
A supermarket heaves with customers in Beijing as rumours swirled online that authorities were about to impose a three-day lockdown, prompting many to rush to buy food. IMAGES
Images from the Kinder chocolate factory in Arlon, Belgium, shut down by the Belgian food safety agency (FASFC) following salmonella outbreaks in several European countries and the United States. SOUNDBITE
Colombo, Sep 15 (EFE/EPA).- Sri Lanka continued Wednesday under the state of food emergency with a shortage of essential food items across the country amid tight COVID-19 lockdown.The Sri Lankan government imposed emergency regulations under the Public Security Ordinance on Aug. 31 to curtail sky rocketing prices of essential food items.The Island’s Consumer Affairs Authority launched raids on black market retailers and acquired some food stocks by traders and food importers. (Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE AWAIT THEIR TURN TO PURCHASE ESSENTIAL PRODUCTS IN SHORT SUPPLY INCLUDING RICE AND SUGAR FROM THE STATE-RUN RETAIL SALES OUTLET IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA AND OFFICIALS FROM SRI LANKA’S CONSUMER AFFAIRS AUTHORITY (CAA) INSPECTS SAMPLE OF RICE AND SUGAR AT WHOLESALE CENTER AND WAREHOUSE IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
Quezon City, Sep 5 (EFE/EPA).- Volunteers from Quezon City Public School Teacher's Association conducted a roving community pantry Sunday to help people affected by the lockdown.Food packs were placed on empty seats to avoid crowding.(Camera: MARK CRISTINO)SHOT LIST: ROVING COMMUNITY PANTRY HELD IN QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES.
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