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Deir al-Balah (Gaza) Dec 14 (EFE / EPA) .- The Ministry of Interior of the Gaza Strip, ruled de facto by the Islamist movement Hamas, announced new measures to combat COVID-19 , including the closure until further notice of schools, universities, mosques and government ministries.The rate of infections in the West Bank and Gaza has greatly increased since November. Both territories have been unable to flatten the curve, despite being subject to a complete closure on weekends (Friday and Saturday) and having had a night curfew on weekdays.(Camera: MOHAMMED SABER)SHOST LIST: IM SOHEIL AL BOUHEISSI AND HER DAUGHTER, MINA-ALLAH SAHER AL BOUHEISSI, CONFINED IN THEIR HOME IN THE DEIR AL BALAH REFUGEE CAMP (GAZA STRIP) AFTER TESTING POSITIVE FOR COVID-19.
Jerusalem, Aug 31 (EFE / EPA).- (Camera: Abir Sultan) Israel begins a nationwide campaign of rapid tests for Covid-19 among children from 3 to 12 years old to safely reopen schools this Wednesday.FOOTAGE OF RAPID TESTING OF COVID-19 IN A SCHOOL IN JERUSALEM.
Tegucigalpa, Jul 12 jul (EFE).- The poverty rate in Honduras could increase from 70 to 75 percent by the end of 2021 due to the economic crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the high cost of living and the lack of job opportunities, an economist told Efe Monday. "Poverty could increase five percentage points. That means three out of every four Hondurans would be in a condition of poverty by the end of 2021," said Ismael Zepeda, an economist at the non-governmental organization Social Forum for the External Debt of Honduras (FOSDEH). (Camera: URIEL GUDIEL).B-ROLL OF THE CITY OF TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS.
Madrid, Jul 3 (EFE).- Madrid brought back its traditional LGBTI Pride march Saturday after the event was cancelled in 2020 due to pandemic. (Camera: EFE).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE JOIN LGBTI PRIDE MARCH IN MADRID, SPAIN.
Lisbon, Jun 30 (EFE) .- (Camera: Irene Barahona / Andrea Caballero) Technicians from different professions in the field of culture have demonstrated in Lisbon to demand that the Government allow them to return to work after a year and a half of forced stoppage due to the coronavirus pandemic.FOOTAGE OF THE CONCENTRATION IN LISBON AND SOUNDBITES OF HELDER OLIVEIRA, VIDEO TECHNICIAN AND PATRICIPANT AT THE PROTEST. TRANSLATION:"It is a demonstration. The culture technicians want to work and the government won't let them. To claim more rights for us and get to work, and so that spectators can attend the shows, there may be more justice"."Through this organization APSTE and APEFE that came together to sensitize the government and help companies to work and get them to take responsibility for the losses and the unemployed, etc"."We haven't had a job in Portugal for a year and a half. We are show, video, sound, lighting technicians, stage technicians, theaters ... we are all represented here"."They are not enough. The government does not consider cultural workers, and gives preference to other sides of the economy such as tourism. They have forgotten culture, we are here to remind the government that there are culture workers. A country without culture is not a country, it is something similar, it is a country without identity". "If it weren't for my boss, I wouldn't be able to eat because the state hasn't helped me. I have been working in my profession since I was 17 years old and from one moment to the next the government prohibits practicing my profession and leaves me unable to pay my bills. If it weren't for my boss who took on my salary, I wouldn't have been able to pay my bills, I want the government to help too, to work alone".
Tokyo, May 11 (EFE/EPA).- The main index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the Nikkei, fell 2.75% at the end of the session on Tuesday, weighed down by the collapse of technology companis on Wall Street and concerns about the increase in Covid-19 cases in Japan. (Camera: FRANCK ROBICHON)SHOT LIST: STOCK MARKET INDICATORS IN TOKYO, JAPAN.
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