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Lisbon, Jul 7 (EFE) .- (Camera: Irene Barahona) The fourth wave of covid that crosses Portugal, with the delta variant with a prevalence already of almost 90%, advances rapidly this Wednesday, the day in that the country exceeded the barrier of 3,000 infections in 24 hours.FOOTAGE OF THE VACCINATION CAMPAIGN IN LISBON UNIVERSITY STADIUM.SOUNDBITES IN PORTUGUESE OF PORTUGAL CITIZENS.TRANSLATION:Jose Pernão:1.- "It will clearly help because at least it will fight part of the infection."Ana:2.- '"We are far from managing the situation, we have to keep trying until we get there."Lúcia do Espírito Santo:3.- "So many people have already died, and people around me have died, and we don't know how or when it's going to end."4.- "There have already been cases in which (the infection) has returned, but in any case we are more rested. I got vaccinations when I went to Africa for various diseases and I think it worked."Jose Brazão:5.- "I arrived here around 10:20 am, in two hours I have dispatched everything. I spent some time in the queue but managed to do it in mid-morning. I took the second dose of AstraZeneca".Naomi Sousa:6.- "People trust the vaccine, they are not afraid."7.- "I hope everything goes well and I don't catch the covid".
Tunis, Apr 5 (EFE).- (Camera: EPA/EFE Archive). A surge of Covid-19 infections and related deaths is threatening to cast a shadow over Ramadan in Tunisia as the country gears up for the holy month of abstinence and prayer amid the pandemic. Ramadan, which ts year falls between 13 April and 12May, is usually a time of mass travel as people head home to break the fast each evening at sunset with family members, but this tradition poses an added risk of spreading the coronavirus further, Nissaf ben Alaya, the head of the Observatory for New and Emergent Diseases, warned. ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF TUNISIA CITY.
Hong Kong, Mar 17 (EFE/EPA).- HSBC has closed its main building in Hong Kong until further notice after three cases of COVID-19 were detected in the premises. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE).SHOT LIST: THE HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION (HSBC) MAIN BUILDING IN CENTRAL DISTRICT IN HONG KONG, CHINA.
Mumbai (India), Mar 15 (EFE), (Camera: Divyakant Solanki).- India on Monday added 26,291 new Covid-19 infections, registering the highest single-day spike in almost three months in a country where the everyday number had seen a steep decline.The federal health ministry data said showed 118 new deaths due to the virus in the last 24 hours from Sunday morning, which takes the total number of Covid-19 fatalities to 158,725.FOOTAGE OF MUMBAI.
Mumbai, Feb 25 (EFE/EPA).-Kush Sharma, a doctor at a state-run hospital in New Delhi, expresses relief over the declining Covid-19 cases across India, with figures now hovering around 10,000 new infections a day. (Camer: DIVYAKANT SOLANKI)SHOT LIST: BR-ROLL OF MUMBAI (INDIA) AMID THE PANDEMIC.
Beijing, Jan 22 (EFE), (Camera: Wu Hong).- Several districts of China's capital, Beijing, will conduct coronavirus tests on all their residents in the coming days after detecting more than a dozen local cases this week.The central districts of Dongcheng, which has a population of 790,000, and Xicheng, with 1.14 million inhabitants, will conduct the tests between Friday and Saturday, state-run news agency Xinhua reported.On Friday, the municipal health authorities detected three cases in the Daxing district, where the capital's new airport is located, taking the total number of confirmed cases since Sunday to 14.FOOTAGE OF HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE LINING UP FOR COVID-19 TESTING IN BEIJING.