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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.
Police disperse protesters near Place de la République in Paris after an illegal demonstration. Several thousand undocumented migrants and supporters took part in a 'solidarity march' despite a ban by the police prefecture, to call for the "regularisation" of undocumented migrants who, according to them, have "suffered the most from the health crisis". IMAGES
Colombo (Sri Lanka), Oct 8 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Chamila Karunarathne) Around 100,000 health workers began a five-hour strike across the country this Friday demanding solutions and the allocation of a payment for risk of covid-19, in addition to other demands.FOOTAGE OF THE PROTESTS IN A COLOMBO HOSPITAL, SRI LANKA.
New Delhi, Sep 24 (EFE/EPA).- Accredited Social Health Activist(ASHA) workers and supporters protested Friday against their working conditions and low wages in New Delhi. (Camera: RAJAT GUPTA).SHOT LIST: ACCREDITED SOCIAL HEALTH ACTIVIST (ASHA) WORKERS AND SUPPORTERS SHOUT SLOGANS AS THEY PROTEST AGAINST THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT IN NEW DELHI, INDIA.
Seoul, Sep 16 (EFE/EPA).- South Korean health workers on Thursday gathered to demand guarantee of labor rights after the country's capital region reported its highest number of Covid-19 infections Wednesday.The figures are worrying as Saturday marks one of the main holiday periods of the country called Chuseok, a festival to celebrate the harvest and honor ancestors in which a large number of people travel from the capital region, where more than half of the national population lives, to other areas of the country. (Camera: JEON HEON-KYUN).SHOT LIST: SOUTH KOREAN WORKERS GATHER TO DEMAND LABOR RIGHTS IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA.