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Added on the 12/01/2021 16:31:14 - Copyright : France 24 EN
Members of Japan's elderly community receive their Covid-19 shots as a new mass vaccination center opens in Tokyo in an effort to accelerate the country's vaccination rollout amid a fourth wave of infections. The centers, run by the Self-Defense Forces, will operate for three months from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. local time, including weekends and national holidays. They will use the Moderna vaccine developed by the United States, which was approved by the government on Friday. Japan hopes the mass venues, aiming to inoculate up to 10,000 people a day in Tokyo. IMAGES
Cars arrive to Epsom horse racing course, one of England's seven mass coronavirus vaccination sites, as the government races to vaccinate millions of people while a new strain of the disease runs rampant across the country. IMAGES outside Epsom horse racing course
There are long queues for mass Covid testing in Beijing's Chaoyang district on Monday as Chinese authorities rush to stamp out an outbreak in the capital. IMAGES
Banda Aceh, Jul 30 (EFE/EPA).- Indonesia has stepped up its vaccination drives and extended Covid-19 restrictions to Aug.2 to contain the worst outbreak linked to the highly infectious delta variant of the virus that has turned the country into a new epicenter of the pandemic in Asia.The measures, which include travel restrictions and work from home, began on July 3 for the islands of Java and Bali.The authorities subsequently extended the restriction to more cities across the Indonesian archipelago. (Camera: HOTLI SIMANJUNTAK).SHOT LIST: A MASS COVID-19 VACCINATION DRIVE IN BANDA ACEH, INDONESIA.
London, Jun 26 (EFE).- (Camera: Archive) Hundreds of vaccination centres in stadiums, theatres, malls and other locations opened their doors Saturday to all over-18s in England without need for an appointment.ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF VACCINATION CENTERS IN LONDON
New Taipei, Jun 8 (EFE/EPA).- An exhibition center in New Taipei has been turned into a COVID-19 mass vaccination site as Taiwan rushes to contain the worst outbreak it has seen since the pandemic began. Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen urged people not to travel for the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival holiday, as the government extended the national COVID-19 alert level 3 to 28 June amid a spike in infections. (Camera: RITCHIE TONGO). SHOT LIST: AN EXHIBITION CENTER THAT HAS BEEN TURNED INTO A COVID-19 MASS VACCINATION CENTER IN NEW TAIPEI CITY, TAIWAN.