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Added on the 15/01/2021 13:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Bangkok, Feb 15 (EFE/EPA).- Thailand reported 143 new coronavirus infections on Monday and detected its first case of a patient infected with the South African variant of COVID-19, the Department of Disease Control (DDC) said. The infected patient, a 41 years old Thai man who traveled from Tanzania and visited Ethiopia before returning to Thailand, was undergoing mandatory quarantine at a state quarantine facility. Thai officials insisted that the new variant of the virus has so far not spread into the country. (Camera: NARONG SANGNAK).B-ROLL OF DAILY LIFE AMID COVID-19 PANDEMIC, IN BANGKOK, THAILAND.
Passengers walk in a terminal at Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands after authorities test whether 61 passengers who tested positive for Covid-19 after arriving from South Africa have the new Omicron strain. IMAGES
Cape Town, Oct 16 (EFE/EPA).- The number of bookings from British tourists wanting to visit Cape Town surged after the United Kingdom took South Africa off the country's COVID-19 red list.South Africa was officially taken off the UK's red list on Oct. 11. (Camera: KIM LUDBROOK).B-ROLL OF THE CITY OF CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA.
Seoul, Jul 1 (EFE/EPA).- The benchmark South Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) fell 14.62 points Thursday, or 0.44 percent, to close at 3,282.06 due to fears over the spread of COVID-19's new variant. (Camera: JEON HEON-KYUN). SHOT LIST: SOUTH KOREAN DEALERS WORK IN FRONT OF MONITORS AT THE HANA BANK IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA.
Colombo, Apr 27 (EFE/EPA).- The Sri Lankan government has stepped up Covid-19 testings as a new and more potent variant of the Coronavirus has been detected in the country.The government has stepped up measures to contain the coronavirus or Covid-19. (Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE).SHOT LIST: SRI LANKANS UNDERGOING COVID-19 SWAB TESTS IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.