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Added on the 11/03/2021 13:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
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.
Beijing, Dec 30 (EFE/EPA).- China on Wednesday reported 24 new Covid-19 cases a year after first cases of a new disease in the Chinese city of Wuhan were identified.The hypotheses on the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus have shifted and changed in the year since the outbreak was first detected, but scientists have yet to land on a definitive answer.There are increasing warnings from the scientific community, however, that the public should not begin to underestimate the continued danger posed by the virus even with the advent of the first vaccines. (Camera: WU HONG).B-ROLL OF DAILY LIFE IN BEIJING, CHINA, AMID THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK.
US Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said on Wednesday that he expects COVID-19 vaccines to be ready soon. According to CNN, Azar said he anticipates "one or two safe and effective" vaccines by the end of the year. At least two of the six vaccines being evaluated by Pfizer and Moderna have produced promising results in trials. Azar's remarks come at a time when U.S. public health officials are "seeing a distressing trend". The number of COVID-19 cases across the country are surging with nearly 60,000 new cases per day. The United States has suffered over 8.5 million cases of the coronavirus since it began.
The United States has now recorded more than 13 million coronavirus cases. These cases representing around 4% of the country’s total population, according to HuffPost. The milestone means that the U.S. is now adding around 1 million new cases per week. This is an alarming reality as the Christmas and New Year’s holidays approach. The temptation to gather indoors with loved ones at the end of a difficult year is high. Millions traveled for Thanksgiving despite urging from public health experts not to do so.
Bangalore, Jun 8 (EFE/EPA).- India on Tuesday crossed 350,000 coronavirus deaths, while registering less than 100,000 daily infections for the first time in more than two months.The Asian country recorded 2,123 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the total to 351,309 since the start of the pandemic last year, which is only behind the United States (around 598,000) and Brazil (around 473,000).The number of deaths have been on the decline, after recording over 4,500 daily deaths last month, when a virulent second wave led to a healthcare system collapse with shortages of hospital beds and medical oxygen. (Camera: JAGADEESH NV). SHOT LIST: VACCINATION DRIVE IN BANGALORE, INDIA.
Bangkok, Apr 9 (EFE/EPA).- Thai people in Bangkok on Friday began traveling back to their hometown to celebrate Thai New Year as cases re-emerged due to the new cluster discovered earlier this week in Bangkok’s nightlife district.Health authorities Friday confirmed 559 new cases of Covid-19, almost half of them in the capital, increasing the total caseload to 30,869 infections. One news death was recorded, increasing the toll to 96. (Camera: NARONG SANGNAK).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE RETURN TO HOMETOWN FOR THAI NEW YEAR'S CELEBRATIONS AT MO-CHIT BANGKOK BUS TERMINAL, BANGKOK, THAILAND.
Tokyo, Jan 15 (EFE/EPA).- Japan is marking a year since its first confirmed Covid-19 cases with a second state of emergency in several region, including the capital, amid a surge in cases and deaths.According to official data, around 40% of all confirmed Covid-19 cases and related deaths occurred in the last month alone.The first known case of Covid-19 in Japan was declared on 15 January 2020, although reports of a suspected case came the previous day. The case was linked to a Chinese resident of Kanagawa prefecture who had recently visited Wuhan, in China, from where the virus is believed to have originated. (Camera: KIMIMASA MAYAMA/FRANCK ROBICHON).SHOT LIST: PEDESTRIANS WEARING PROTECTIVE MASKS IN TOKYO, JAPAN.
16 states across the US broke a grim record on Friday, reporting their highest total of people hospitalized for COVID-19 since the pandemic began. Business Insider reports that since last fall, cases of COVID-19 have surged nationwide, particularly following the end of the holiday season. Alabama, Arkansas, Maryland, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia were hit hardest. Record hospitalizations were also seen this week in Arizona, California, Delaware, and Maine. The US Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization for two COVID-19 vaccines at the end of 2020. However, a slow rollout means it will be many months before all who want a vaccination are immunized.
Wuhan, Dec 28 (EFE/EPA).- One year after the first known cases of coronavirus, prevention measures against COVID-19 are almost history in Wuhan.However, its residents do not forget or stop asking themselves how the pandemic began.(Camera: JESÚS CENTENO)SHOT LIST: B-ROLL OF WUHAN, CHINA.SOUND BITES: MR. HONG (WUHAN RESIDENT)TRANSLATIONS:“At first, when we read the first news, we didn't take it seriously. But when it became known that (the coronavirus) will be transmitted between humans, we began to understand what was happening and how terrible it could become”“The worst was when relatives and co-workers began to get infected. But in this, whether it was family or not was not important. It is about how it spreads from one to another and hence all the measures that were taken to control it"
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