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Added on the 08/04/2021 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
South Korea ramps up coronavirus checking efforts at its 150 temporary testing stations erected nationwide this week amid a surge in cases. The country reported over 1,000 cases on Wednesday, having earlier broken its daily case record with 1,030 cases on Sunday. IMAGES
Residents of Pretoria get vaccinated against Covid-19, as South Africa struggles with a third wave of infections. The country, the worst affected by the pandemic in Africa, has seen the daily figures for new cases double over the past two weeks, while hospital admissions have climbed by nearly 60 percent over the same period. IMAGES
Frontline healthcare workers receive the Covid-19 vaccine at the Memorial Healthcare System Hospital in Miramar, Florida. Hospital officials say they expect to vaccinate 1,100 to 1,200 people per day at the facility, as the United States kicks off a mass vaccination drive, hoping to turn the tide on the world's biggest coronavirus outbreak. IMAGES
People line up outside Seoul Station for Covid-19 tests in South Korea -- once seen as a model of how to combat the pandemic -- as the country on Sunday reported 1,030 new coronavirus cases, a record high for a second day in a row. IMAGES
People queue outside a Covid-19 test center as Germany hits a record 100,000 daily Covid-19 cases. Germany's daily toll of new Covid-19 cases has topped 100,000 for the first time, according to data from the country's public health agency. IMAGES
Head of Vaccine Strategy at the European Medicines Agency (EMA) Marco Cavaleri says it is "safe and effective" to issue booster doses of Covid-19 vaccines as soon as three months after the initial course, down from previous guidance of six months. SOUNDBITE