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Brussels, Mar 13 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Stephanie lecocq) Members of the 'Still Standing for Culture' group demonstrated on Saturday in the Les Marolles neighborhood of Brussels, Belgium.Workers from the cultural sector along with second-hand merchants from Jeu de Balle square came together to denounce the lack of financial support from local authorities and ask for solutions to the impact of the crisis generated by the coronavirus pandemic, one year after the Covid-19 restrictions began. FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST IN BRUSSELS
Denmark is taking steps necessary to contain the spread of coronavirus outbreaks on mink farms. The aggressive action is designed to end the virus that has developed in the nations' mink farms and is being spread to humans. Danish Prime Minister Frederiksen announced that farmworkers have contracted the virus that contains a mutation. According to Gizmodo, the first discovery of this mutation was found in infected minks. Public health officials fear the mutation could possibly affect our immune response to the virus. The government plans to kill all of its farmed mink population, estimated to be as high as 17 million total.
London, Jul 23 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Andy Rain).- The Cultural sector in the UK has criticised the slow government's response to Covid-19 impact in the culture industry. FOOTAGE OF THEATRES AND MUSIC VENUES IN LONDON.
Brussels, Jun 9 (EFE), (Camera: Leo Rodríguez).- In Brussels, where the European Parliament is located, is estimated that some 1,500 freelancers interpreters would lose their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic.FOOTAGE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT IN BRUSSELS.SOUNDBITES OF SILVIA PUIT, INTERPRETER:"We are very disappointed with the (European) institutions. Many of us haven't had any income in weeks and no income at all since late May, when the long-term contracts we had were cancelled."
Athens/Madrid/Rome/Tripoli, Jun 4 (EFE).- Alfa Jafo wears a puzzled look on his face when asked if the Covid-19 pandemic has killed his dream of escaping poverty and war and making the dangerous journey across the Mediterranean.Europe became one of the world’s worst-hit continents during the pandemic, which confined millions of people who once took cross-border travel for granted, to their homes.
London (UK), 15 May, EFE/EPA, (Camera: Andy Rain).- The London Transport Company will get emergency government funding of £1.6 billion to keep bus and underground services running during the coronavirus crisis. As confinement is eased in the UK, many Brits face the dilemma of whether it is safe to return to work. Meanwhile, the UK economy has suffered a 2 percent drop, its worst decline since the 2008 financial crisis. FOOTAGE OF THE LONDON TUBE.
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