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Added on the 23/07/2020 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Colombo, Sep 22 (EFE/EPA).- Sri Lanka's health workers staged a protest Wednesday demanding proper facilities and protective equipment needed for Covid -19 related works, additional allowance for overtime work, and special Covid -19 allowance. The trade union action was carried out in most government hospitals throughout the country, according to the relevant trade unions. With the third wave of the pandemic hitting Sri Lanka, health workers too have engaged in a series of protests and demonstrations advancing their demands while the government has not positively responded to their claims. (Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE).SHOT LIST: HEALTH WORKERS HOLDING PLACARDS STAGE A PROTEST DEMANDING SOLUTIONS TO SEVERAL OF THEIR WORK-RELATED ISSUES, OUTSIDE THE NATIONAL HOSPITAL IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
Mumbai, Apr 9 (EFE/EPA).- Migrant workers in big cities such as Delhi and Mumbai headed home Friday as India's overall coronavirus caseload crossed the 13 million mark.According to the federal health ministry, 131,968 new patients tested coronavirus positive in the last 24 hours since Thursday morning.Deaths rose by 780, increasing the toll of 167,642. (Camera: DIVYAKANT SOLANKI). SHOT LIST: MIGRANT WORKERS WAIT TO RETURN HOME IN MUMBAI, INDIA.
Panama City, Feb 3 (EFE).- Edwin Moncada and Ruth Elías said a melancholy goodbye Wednesday at the main transport terminal of Panama City to their little Lucas, a five-month-old baby, who will return with his aunt and 140 others to the homeland of his parents, Nicaragua.The group of Nicaraguans has been demanding and processing the necessary permits with the authorities of their country and Panama for almost a month in order to have a trip back home after running out of means of living due to the severe economic crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. (Camera: CARLOS LEMOS).SHOT LIST: NICARAGUANS PREPARE TO RETURN HOME AT THE BUS TERMINAL IN PANAMA CITY, PANAMA, AFTER RUNNING OUT OF MEANS OF LIVING DUE TO ECONOMIC CRISIS CAUSED BY COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
Panama City, Feb 3 (EFE).- Edwin Moncada and Ruth Elías said a melancholy goodbye Wednesday at the main transport terminal of Panama City to their little Lucas, a five-month-old baby, who will return with his aunt and 140 others to the homeland of his parents, Nicaragua.The group of Nicaraguans has been demanding and processing the necessary permits with the authorities of their country and Panama for almost a month in order to have a trip back home after running out of means of living due to the severe economic crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. (Camera: CARLOS LEMOS).SHOT LIST: NICARAGUANS PREPARE TO RETURN HOME AT THE BUS TERMINAL IN PANAMA CITY, PANAMA, AFTER RUNNING OUT OF MEANS OF LIVING DUE TO ECONOMIC CRISIS CAUSED BY COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
Cucuta, Apr 29 (EFE).- Thousands of Venezuelans' desire to return home following the coronavirus pandemic, which left them without job opportunities in Colombia, has become an odyssey of their entire families who have faced all kinds of obstacles in trying to reach the border. (Camera: STRINGER).SHOTLIST: A GROUP OF VENEZUELAN MIGRANTS WAITING IN A LONG QUEUE TO CROSS THE BORDER BACK TO VENEZUELA IN LA PARADA, OUTSKIRTS OF CUCUTA, THE CAPITAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF NORTH SANTANDER, COLOMBIASOUNDBITE: JORGE MEDINA, A VENEZUELAN MIGRANT (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATIONS: As you can see me as well as all these Venezuelan waiting a long queue, please do something for us and let us return to our country. We want to return to our country. We don’t want to stay here in Colombia anymore. So, please do something for us.