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Madrid, 5 June (EFE).- Carolina Marín is a western badminton star in a discipline that is deeply rooted in Asia. She says she feels lucky to have been made to feel at home in countries like India and Indonesia where locals have always treated her like one of their own.FOOTAGE OF CAROLINA MARIN PLAYING BADMINTON AND AN INTERVIEW WITH EFE INTERVIEW TRANSLATIONS: -Question: How did your first training session after lockdown go?-Answer: Surprisingly, it was better than I expected. Since I first picked up a badminton racket eight years ago have I spent three months without it. Finally, I got behind the shuttlecock! I'm really surprised by the fact that I took pretty well to the racket again. Everything is going pretty well.-Q: What is the best part of this first week of training?-A: Recovering those feelings, having the desire to pick up a racket and shuttlecock again and, above all, the motivation to face this new stage. This is the first encounter. We will demand more from the exercises later. As we advance and the competition approaches, we will think more about that.-Q: What has changed at the Center for High Performance (CAR)?-R: First, the reality we are all witnessing at the moment. It involves being very cautious, very cautious because the virus is still here. We had never come with a mask, we have always greeted each other with two kisses and a hug, especially with friends whom you have not seen for so long. Right now it's a greeting from afar.-Q: How many hours a day do you spend at CAR?-A: Right now, the morning schedule is two or three hours. In the afternoon, about two and a half hours. By the end, between five and six hours a day.-Q: Has it been demanding to return?-A: I don't like to say that we have to make up for lost time, because time has already been lost. But we have to have that grip on the bird and the racket, recover sensations and those explosive movements that during confinement I have not been able to do.Mainly, we must be careful with injuries, that's why we are doing very basic training, like the ones you do when you start playing badminton. I have not picked up a racket for almost three months and we cannot do explosive movements or changes in rhythm at the moment. The muscles are not fully prepared for it. We are going very little by little. Once we move forward in the coming days and weeks we will add more uncertainty to these exercises.-Q: I watched you train with three colleagues. Only one court of the six in the pavilion was being used. Is it strange to work with such a small group?-A: Yes. The first week, only my partner Kike Peñalver and I trained with one coach at a time, either Anders Thomsen or Fernando Rivas. For a couple of days, two more colleagues joined us. We are only ever four people.-Q: Do you think you will compete this year?-A: We must see how the coronavirus progressed. The Badminton World Federation has started to set tournaments starting in September and our plan is designed so that we can compete again on that date. It is true that, when we get closer to that moment, we will see if we can travel to those countries, how the coronavirus has developed or if everything is already much better. We will be very cautious in that regard. In theory, I will start competing in September.-Q: Are you looking forward to travelling again?-A: Right now I mainly think about the first contact and recovering sensations. The thought of competing again is still far away because I still don't feel ready. The first thing is to feel good on the court, to feel that I am the player I was before.-Q: In your case, that implies being the best and drawing admiration not only in Spain but in other countries. How are you received abroad?-A: I have to say that I feel very lucky because I am welcomed with so much affection, they make me feel like one of their own in countries like India or Indonesia. They make me feel like I'm in my own house.-Q: What message would you send at a time when sports is using its platform to fight racism?-R: That we are all the same. Color must not make us treat people differently. In the world, all people are equal.
Jakarta/Banda Aceh, Jul 5 (EFE/EPA).- The medical system in Indonesia is on the brink of collapse amid a shortage of medical oxygen in some hospitals and a rising daily number of Covid-19 infections.The world's fourth most populous country added more than 27,000 coronavirus patients and 555 deaths Sunday, even as the government imposed new emergency measures to curb the exponential spike in infections that has overwhelmed the healthcare infrastructure.The new measures, which took effect in the islands of Java and Bali, will be in force until July 20. (Camera: MAST IRHAM/HOTLI SIMANJUNTAK).SHOT LIST: MILITARY PERSONNEL STAND GUARD AS THEY USE ARMOURED VEHICLES TO BLOCK THE ROAD AT A CHECK POINT DURING THE IMPOSITION OF THE COVID-19 EMERGENCY RESTRICTIONS IN JAKARTA , AND ACEH JOINT SECURITY FORCES OFFICERS CARRY OUT A SECURITY CHECK, LOOKING FOR PEOPLE FAILING TO WEAR A PROTECTIVE MASK IN PUBLIC IN BANDA ACEH, INDONESIA.
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)
Dhaka, Mar 8 (EFE), (Camera: Monirul Alam)- With exactly one year since the detection of the first coronavirus cases in Bangladesh on Monday, the country continues to reel from the impact of the disease, while the authorities have given mixed responses about the management of the pandemic.Bangladesh has registered 551,175 confirmed Covid-19 cases in one year - including 845 in the last 24 hours -, and 8,476 deaths, according to a statement by the health department.FOOTAGE OF COVID-19 VACCINATION IN DHAKA.
New Delhi/Kolkata/Mumbai, Jan 30 (EFE/EPA).- As India marks the anniversary on Saturday of the first confirmed COVID-19 case, the Asian giant has surpassed 150,000 deaths and the virus rages on. India is the pandemic's second-worst-hit country behind the United States. (Camera: MIKAELA VIQUEIRA/PIYAL ADHIKARY/DIVYAKANT SOLANKI).SHOT LIST: B-ROLL OF BUSINESSES AND NEARLY EMPTY STREETS IN NEW DELHI, VACCINATION CAMPAIGNS IN KOLKATA AND MUMBAI, INDIA.SOUND BITES: KARAM MAKAN AND MANOJ KUMAR MANOJA, BUSINESS OWNERS IN NEW DELHI (IN ENGLISH).
Bangkok (Thailand), Jan 12 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Narong Sangnak).- Just a year ago, Thai health authorities detected the first case of Covid-19 outside of China when the world was not yet aware of the devastating pandemic. Now Thailand is among the least affected countries in the world since it has managed to bring the pandemic under control.FOOTAGE OF BANGKOK.
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