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Tehran, May 24 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Abedin Taherkenareh) Muslims in Iran celebrated Eid al Fitr, the end of the holy month of Ramadan, a celebration marked this year by the global coronavirus pandemic. FOOTAGE OF EID AL FITR IN TEHRAN.
Tunisia, Mar 25 (EFE) .- (Camera: Natalia Román Morte) A year after confirming its first case of Covid-19, Tunisia is facing a severe economic, political and social crisis that has pushed its precarious health system to the limit and weakened the most disadvantaged classes, forced to choose "between dying of hunger or dying of coronavirus" in the second country in Africa in the percentage of deaths associated with the pandemic.FOOTAGE OF THE PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNISIA.SOUNDBITES IN FRENCH OF HECHMI LOUZIR GENERAL DIRECTOR OF THE PASTEUR INSTITUTE AND MEMBER OF THE TUNISIAN SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE.TRANSLATION:- "There has been a lack of respect for preventive measures and lack of means because our system, already in normal conditions, the resuscitation and oxygen beds, were at the limit, we can say".- "We've never heard of this. Pharmaceutical companies ask and demand, even before distributing the vaccines, that there be specific legislation in the countries that are going to receive them that says that in case of side effects the Government takes over. For this it has been necessary to pass laws, we have approved two".- "Many have been invited (to be vaccinated) and have not shown up, let's hope they show up. We know that first-line doctors play a very important role as intermediaries and if they are convinced of the benefits of the vaccine and are better informed of the risks and advantages, etc. the message is more easily transmitted to the population".
Guatemala City, Mar 13 (EFE) .- Guatemala marked Saturday a year since the first case of Covid-19 was detected in their territory with more than 181,000 infections and 6,500 deaths (Camera: ESTEBAN BIBA) SHOT LIST: VACCINATION OF HEALTH CARE WORKERS AND ELDERLY PEOPLE IN GUATEMALA CITY, GUATEMALA.
Mumbai (India), Mar 12 (EFE), (Camera: Divyakant Solanki).- India on Friday completed a year after the Covid-19 claimed its first victim in the country that has since become the world's second-worst affected nation due to the pandemic with more than 11.3 million infections and over 158,000 deaths.However, the overall fatality rate is relatively lower than other worst-affected nations considering its population of 1.35 billion and housing some of the world's most densely populated cities in the country.A year ago, on Mar.12, a 76-year-old died man in Kalaburagi of the southern Karnataka state.India was then beginning to get into the grips of coronavirus with barely 80 confirmed cases and only a handful of laboratories capable of testing for the virus.FOOTAGE OF COVID-19 VACCINATION IN MUMBAI.
Turkey, Mar 11 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Tolga Bozoglu) The Covid-19 pandemic, which has already killed more than 2.6 million people in one year, spread rapidly around the world, despite warnings from the World Health Organization (WHO) that , for some critics, were slow and insufficient.FOOTAGE AND SOUNDBITES FROM HANIFI KESKEC, ANESTHESIOLOGY AND RESUSCITATION DOCTOR, AND ZUMRUYE OZCAN, INTENSIVE CARE NURSE.TRANSLATIONHANIFI KESKEC(00:14 -01: 16): One day after my shift, my fever rose. I had doubts that I had covid-19. My first test was negative but my fever continued. I got tested again and it was positive. After that I isolated myself. Because my illness was getting worse, I was hospitalized. I was in intensive care for 21 days. I was close to intubation. I was treated with high pressure oxygen.(01: 19- 01:49): It was my psychological condition that affected me the most, more than my serious illness. My loved ones were always on my mind. Some days I even shed tears. After my illness I was diagnosed with PTSD.(01: 55- 02:39): I worry about my loved ones. Thanks to the support of my colleagues, I recovered my health and became even more committed to my profession. I decided to work harder for what I went through. ZUMRUYE OZCAN, INTENSIVE CARE NURSE:(03: 41-03: 50): My name is Zumruye Ozca. I am an intensive care nurse.(03: 50- 04'50): After I found out about my illness, I couldn't leave my job immediately, but I went home after the shift change. I immediately isolated myself from my husband. The process was very hard and I felt lonely most of the time. I took medicine for five days. After 15 days I was able to go back to my work.(04: 50-05'27): I started to get tired more quickly in my life after the illness. As you know, we work under heavy conditions here. Now I breathe harder. I was allergic and my allergy increased. I'm so scared to get sick again ... That's why I always take precautions.
Havana, Mar 11 (EFE).- A year after detecting its first coronavirus cases, Cuba is experiencing the worst wave yet of coronavirus infections even as it continues to push forward to be the first Latin American country to develop a vaccine to immunize its entire population against Covid-19.(CAMERA: Felipe Borrego)
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