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Amajari (Brazil), 1 Jul (EFE), (Camera: Alba Santandreu).- Coronavirus has spread to the largest indigenous community in Brazil, threatening the historical guardians of the Amazon. After centuries of fighting for their right to continue with their traditional way of life, the Yanomami people now face a silent enemy that has already killed at least four members of the ethnic group, including three babies. Their villages are located in the bowels of the Amazon jungle, an area of ??nine million hectares which is similar in size to Austria and home to 28,000 people. FOOTAGE OF THE SUPPORT EFFORTS AND STATEMENTS BY ROBSON DA SILVA, SECRETARY OF INDIGENOUS HEALTH TRANSLATIONS:"WE ARE BRINGING VARIOUS INPUTS AND MATERIALS FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS TO USE IN (HEALTH) CARE. THE GOAL IS TO SERVE INDIGENOUS AND NON-INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN THE INTERIOR OF (THE STATE OF) RORAIMA"."ONE OF OUR CONCERNS IS TO CONDUCT AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE SITUATION. IT SEEMS TO BE UNDER CONTROL, AND WE HAVE INDIGENOUS HEALTH PROFESSIONALS IN THESE AREAS. OUR AIM IS TO CARRY OUT NOT ONLY THE COVID-19 RELATED SURVEY, BUT ALSO TO PROVIDE OTHER SERVICES SUCH AS GYNAECOLOGY, INFECTIOUS DISEASE, PAEDIATRICS AND GENERAL CLINIC"."IT IS IMPORTANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ALSO CIRCULATE, TRADE AND BARTER WITH OTHER PEOPLE, TODAY WE HAVE (FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE COVID) THE ACTION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND ALSO ANY EXTERNAL CONTACT THEY MAY HAVE IN THAT REGION".
Bangkok, Jun 13 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Narong Sangnak) Foreign tourists have been banned from visiting Wat Pho temple, one of Bangkok's most popular tourist attractions, in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus.FOOTAGE OF BANGKOK'S WAT PHO TEMPLE.
Tunis, Apr 21 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Mohamed Messara) Workers in Tunisia take precautions to prevent the spread of coronavirus among their clients, such as the taxi driver Walid Toumi who wears a mask and face protection.FOOTAGE OF TOUMI.
Sofia, Apr 11 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Vassil Donev) A group of workers disinfected the exteriors of the cathedral of Sveta-Nedelya, in Sofia, Bulgaria to fight the spread of Covid-19.FOOTAGE OF THE DISINFECTION.
Prague, Mar 30 (EFE/EPA).-(Camera: Martin Divisek)The number of flights at the Vaclav Havel airport in Prague have dropped significantly due to the Covid-19 crisis.The Czech government has banned foreigners from entering the country. FOOTAGE OF THE AIRPORT.
Quezon City, Aug 24 (EFE/EPA).- Manila continued Tuesday under the COVID-19 lockdown due to the increase in community transmission of the COVID-19 Delta variant in Metro Manila a and nearby provinces, as the number of cases hit a new record on Monday.The Southeast Asian country has recorded over 1.8 million COVID-19 cases and over 32,000 deaths since the beginning of pandemic. (Camera: ROLEX DELA PENA).B-ROLL OF THE BORDER OF A STREET UNDER LOCKDOWN DUE TO RECORDED COVID-19 POSITIVE CASES IN A COMMUNITY IN QUEZON CITY, METRO MANILA, PHILIPPINES.