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Colombo, Aug 23(EFE/EPA).- Sri Lankan government announced an island-wide lockdown untill Aug. 30 as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19.The country has recorded 4,304 Covid-19 cases on Sunday, the highest single-day number as it battles the third wave of pandemic. (Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE). B-ROLL OF THE CITY OF COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
Pichincha, Jul 18 (EFE).- The Prefecture of the province of Pichincha, in the north of the Andes of Ecuador , seeks to get rid of Covid-19 to launch its new tourism initiative 'World in the Middle of the World'.This brings together the Mitad del Mundo citadel (where the monument to the equinoctial line is located), the archaeological ruins of Cochasquí (pyramids of native peoples), the Jerusalem National Park (an Andean dry forest) and the Yunguilla reserve (a humid forest) that covers a sector of the Andean Chocó, all of them north of Quito.(Camera: JOSE JACOME).SHOT LIST: THE CIUDAD MITAD DEL MUNDO (MIDDLEOF THE WORLD CITY) IN THE PREFECTURE OF THE PROVINCE OF PICHINCHA, ECUADOR.
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Dhaka, Jun 28 (EFE/EPA).- Bangladesh began Monday its first day of nationwide COVID-19 lockdown following a spike in COVID-19 cases.The Asian country has so far recorded over 880,000 COVID-19 cases and 14,000 deaths since the beginning of pandemic. (Camera: MONIRUL ALAM). B-ROLL OF THE CITY OF DHAKA, BANGLADESH, ON ITS FIRST DAY OF COVID-19 LOCKDOWN.
Sao Paulo (Brazil), Jun 21 (EFE).- (Camera: Wallace Carvalho) As if designing Covid-19 vaccines wasn’t already a challenge, Brazilian scientists are taking it up a notch.Experts at Butantan laboratory — currently responsible for producing the Chinese vaccine Sinovac in Brazil — are working around the clock to gather 20 million eggs to produce 40 million doses of their very own Brazilian-made Covid-19 vaccine, Butanvac.FOOTAGE OF THE BUTANTAN LAB.DOUGLAS GONÇALVES DE MACEDO, PRODUCTION MANAGER OF THE BUTANVAC.TRANSLATION:"THE AVERAGE EXPECTED YIELD IS THAT EACH EGG GIVES US TWO DOSES OF BUTANVAC.""EACH EGG IS GOING TO RECEIVE A SMALL AMOUNT OF THE VIRUS THAT WE ARE WORKING ON AND AFTER THAT PROCESS IT IS INCUBATED TWO OR THREE DAYS, WITH CONTROLLED TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY.""THE PRODUCTION OF THE IFA IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE PRODUCTION OF THE FLU VACCINE, IT USES THE SAME PLATFORM, SAME FACTORY."
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