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Various Southeast Asain Cities, Jul 13 (EFE/EPA).- The International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) on Tuesday urged the acceleration of Covid-19 vaccine deliveries to countries in Southeast Asia, hit hard by a fierce new wave of the pandemic linked in part to the Delta variant.Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia are some of the countries most affected, having consistently registered record numbers of deaths and daily cases recently, and as vaccinations are carried out slowly and hospitals are full or overwhelmed."Millions of people in Asia are living on the cruel and sharp edge of a global vaccine divide between richer countries that have a steady supply and most nations in Asia that are struggling to access sufficient doses to keep their populations safe," said Alexander Matheou, IFRC Asia-Pacific director, in a statement. (Camera: ARCHIVE).ARCHIVE FOOTAGE SHOWS AUTHORITIES DISTRIBUTE FINANCIAL AIDS TO CORONAVIRUS-HIT FAMILIES IN QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES; CORONAVIRUS CHECKPOINTS IN BALI, INDONESIA; VACCINATION DRIVE IN BANGKOK, THAILAND; EMPTY STREETS AND SUPERMARKETS IN HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM; AND MASS GRAVE FOR COVID-19 VICTIMS AT CEMETERY IN JAKARTA, INDONESIA.
Singapore, Jun 9 (EFE/EPA).- The construction industry in Singapore has been badly hit by travel restrictions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Travel restrictions on India and Bangladesh, where a majority of construction workers are from, have resulted in a shortage of manpower and a delay in the completion dates of many government-built apartments. (Camera: WALLACE WOON).B-ROLL OF A CONSTRUCTION SITE IN SINGAPORE.
Manaus, Jan 16 (EFE).- More than 1,000 people have been buried over the last seven days in this Amazon metropolis battered by coronavirus and the coroner's office is making house calls to expedite the issuance of death certificates so families can lay deceased loved ones to rest.A record 213 funerals took place in Manaus on Friday, 102 of them for victims of Covid-19. (Camera: RAPHAEL ALVES). SHOT LIST: PATHOLOGISTS VISIT RESIDENCES IN MANAUS, BRAZIL, TO COLLECT SAMPLES FROM BODIES AND ISSUE A DEATH CERTIFICATE SO THE FAMILY CAN LAY THEIR LOVED ONE TO REST.
Mexico City, Jul 23 (EFE).- The health crisis in Mexico due to the coronavirus seems a world away from the tranquility of the tree-lined pathways of San Jose Zacatepec, where many residents continue to deny the existence of Covid-19 even though their bucolic enclave has the capital's highest rate of infection.(CAMERA: Denisse Torres Hernández)
Singapore, Jul 8 (EFE/EPA).- Packed into cramped dormitories that lack proper hygiene facilities, Singapore's unskilled foreign workers have been the worst-affected by the Covid-19 crisis, revealing the darker side of the prosperous city-state that votes to elect a new government on Friday.However, the issue of living conditions of migrant workers, who form a crucial pillar of Singapore's economy, has been absent from the electoral debates.The campaigning that ended on Wednesday has largely been centered on the high living cost and the measures to fight the pandemic-induced recession in the financial hub. (Camera: HOW HWEE YOUNG, WALLACE WOON).SHOT LIST: CAMPAIGN WALKABOUTS AHEAD OF THE GENERAL ELECTIONS IN SINGAPORE.
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