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Mexico City, Aug 19 (EFE).- Mexico has reached and exceeded the grim milestone of 250,000 confirmed Covid-19 deaths even as the country has eclipsed its previous record high for number of daily cases amid a third wave of the pandemic.(CAMERA:América Neri)
Mexico City, Jul 20 (EFE).- The third wave of the coronavirus pandemic in Mexico is having its greatest impact among middle-aged people and individuals who have not been vaccinated, the government said Tuesday.Mexico detected 68,637 new infections last week, an increase of more than 36 percent over the previous week that brought the cumulative total since the start of the pandemic to 2.66 million.Covid-19 has claimed more than 236,000 lives in Mexico, a death toll exceeded by only the United States, Brazil and India. (Camera: MIGUEL ANGEL ANDRADE). SHOT LIST: MEXICO'S DEPUTY HEALTH SECRETARY, HUGO LOPEZ-GATELL, SPEAKS AT A PRESS CONFERENCE IN MEXICO CITY, MEXICO.SOUND BITES: HUGO LOPEZ-GATELL, MEXICO'S DEPUTY HEALTH SECRETARY (IN SPANISH). TRANSLATION: 1. The majority of the people hospitalized for Covid at this moment are people under 52 and an enormous majority are people who weren't vaccinated, this is 97 percent.2. We have a society already long tired - fatigued - of having these long months of epidemic. What one can ask of society in terms of reduction of mobility is not the same today as it was in February 2020.
Monrovia, Jun 24 (EFE/EPA).- Liberian authorities on Thursday warned the nation of the third wave of COVID-19 pandemic and did not rule out a possible nationwide lockdown. Liberia has already imposed a mandatory masks wearing and the Liberia National Incident Management System (IMS) has also announced cases of the variant B117 in the country. (Camera: AHMED JALLANZO).SHOT LIST: THE COVID-19 PRESS CONFERENCE HELD AT THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION CONFERENCE HALL IN MONROVIA, LIBERIA.
Johannesburg, Jun 10 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: EPA archive) Nine in 10 African countries are set to miss the target of vaccinating 10% of their population against Covid-19, as an aggressive third wave looms over the continent, the World Health Organization said Thursday.ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF VACCINATION CENTRES IN SOUTH AFRICA.
Colombo, May 3 (EFE/EPA).- The Sri Lankan government has stepped up Covid-19 testings as the country is facing a new wave of infections. Sri Lankan government on Sunday restricted the number of air passengers arriving in the country for two week and also closed schools, universities, movie theaters and have canceled all other mass gathering events across the country in order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. (Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE).SHOT LIST: SRI LANKANS UNDERGOING COVID-19 SWAB TESTS IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.