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London, Nov 2 (EFE), (Camera: Carlota Isiegas).- The Cervantes Theater in London has been forced to reinvent itself due to the coronavirus crisis. The theatre has openes an online platform for the public. FOOTAGE OF A PLAY AT THE LONDON'S CERVANTES THEATRE.
Colombo, Sep 15 (EFE/EPA).- Sri Lanka continued Wednesday under the state of food emergency with a shortage of essential food items across the country amid tight COVID-19 lockdown.The Sri Lankan government imposed emergency regulations under the Public Security Ordinance on Aug. 31 to curtail sky rocketing prices of essential food items.The Island’s Consumer Affairs Authority launched raids on black market retailers and acquired some food stocks by traders and food importers. (Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE AWAIT THEIR TURN TO PURCHASE ESSENTIAL PRODUCTS IN SHORT SUPPLY INCLUDING RICE AND SUGAR FROM THE STATE-RUN RETAIL SALES OUTLET IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA AND OFFICIALS FROM SRI LANKA’S CONSUMER AFFAIRS AUTHORITY (CAA) INSPECTS SAMPLE OF RICE AND SUGAR AT WHOLESALE CENTER AND WAREHOUSE IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
Yangon, Jul 19 (EFE/EPA).-Myanmar's shadow National Unity Government (NUG), in opposition to the military junta, has requested urgent humanitarian assistance from the United Nations to tackle the escalating Covid-19 crisis in the country.The NUG, formed after the coup by politicians and activists opposed to the military regime, called for international emergency help to deal with the new wave of the virus that has "spiraled out of control with a death toll that is increasing daily under the mismanagement of the coup council," it said in a letter to the UN on Sunday night.The opposition group, which declares itself the legitimate government and maintains its loyalty to deposed leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, said that the official data issued by the military junta is just "the tip of the iceberg" due to lack of systemic data collection, limited testing and the inability to access and deploy vaccines. (Camera: ARCHIVE). ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF CORONAVIRUS SITUATION, VACCINATION DRIVES, AND ANTI-COUP PROTESTS IN YANGON, MYANMAR.
Kolkata/ Kashmir / Bangalore / Mumbai (India), Apr 26 abr (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Piyal Adhikary/Farooq Khan/Jagadeesh NV/Divyakant Solanki). India on Monday crossed 17 million coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic, as it battles a second wave of infections with record numbers of fresh cases and deaths for the fifth consecutive day. In the last 24 hours, the South Asian country registered 352,991 new cases and 2,812 deaths, the highest numbers recorded so far, according to the Ministry of Health. This brings the total to 17.3 million cases and 195,123 deaths since the start of the pandemic in the country of 1.35 billion inhabitants. SHOT LIST: DAILY LIFE AMID CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, IN KOLKATA, KASHMIR, BANGALORE AND MUMBAI, INDIA.
São Paulo, Mar 6 (EFE), (Camera: Wallace Carvalho).- All non-essential shops and businesses in Sao Paulo, Brazil's richest and most populous state, closed down on Saturday for the next few weeks due to a serious spike in cases and deaths from Covid-19, which have pushed the healthcare system to the verge of collapsing.With 46 million inhabitants, the country's financial engine was the first state to impose more severe measures of lockdown and social isolation a year ago and, with Governor Joao Doria at its head, led the implementation of the first vaccine. But despite those efforts, the state remains the most affected in absolute terms.FOOTAGE OF CLOSED BUSINESSES IN SAO PAULO
Frankfurt (Germany), Jan 27 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Ronald Wittek).- Germany has tightened border controls and travel restrictions after defining a new list of more than twenty countries considered to be of high Covid-19 incidence. Travellers from countries with an incidence rate of more than 200 infections per 100,000 inhabitants can only enter Germany if they present a negative PCR test.FOOTAGE OF FRANKFORT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON WEDNESDAY.