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Rome, March 18 (EFE).- (Camera: Álvaro Padilla) On March 18, 2020, a flight attendant looked out of the window of his house in Bergamo (northern Italy) and took a photo of military trucks transporting dozens of coffins to incinerators in other cities, an image that represents the tragedy of the pandemic in Italy.FOOTAGE OF ITALY.
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
Brasilia, Oct 15 (EFE) .- An association of victims Friday placed 600 white flags in front of the Brazilian Congress, in Brasilia, in memory of the more than 600,000 Covid-19 related deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.The symbolic act was organized by the Association of Victims and Family Members of Covid Victims (Avico), created in April this year with the aim of putting pressure on the Government of President Jair Bolsonaro, who has consistently diminished the seriousness of the health crisis.(Camera: ALEX MIRKHAN)SHOT LIST: WHITE FLAGS PLACED IN FRONT OF THE BRAZILIAN CONGRESS IN BRASILIA, BRAZIL. SOUND BITES:Antonieta Alves, volunteer:"This act represents a large part of the pain of each of these families and our outrage at the government's contempt for these victims, because today 600,000 have been trivialized. 600,000 no longer means anything, you know? It's as if we hadn't started to die. The government does not take things into consideration and the people trivialize these 600 thousand. The families that lost their relatives and friends felt it. We feel that each one of these exceeds 600 thousand. "Carla Marcia Davi, volunteer:"We could have a health (policy) that would reduce deaths in the country, but unfortunately our government is negligent, it does not contribute with vaccines, to our public health. We are in a very difficult moment in our country, of mourning, abandonment and total poverty. "
Munich (Germany), Jan 20 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Lukas Barth).- Germany registered a thousand deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, while the number of new infections rose to 15,974, according to data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) of virology.FOOTAGE OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE HELD BY BAVARIA'S STATE PREMIER MARKUS SÖDER IN MUNICH.
The Pentagon has upped the number of National Guard members it wants present at President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration by 4,000. CNN reports the Pentagon on Friday authorized up to 25,000 National Guard members, marking an increase from the 21,000 troops authorized a day earlier. Law enforcement in Washington, DC, and around the country is bracing for more extremist violence after the deadly insurrection at the Capitol last week. The DOD announced Tuesday that Guardsmen and women will be armed. Law enforcement is monitoring phones and other communications in an all-out effort to track individuals to ensure they do not travel to Washington.
Atlanta, Jan 3 (EFE / EPA) .- More than 10,000 white flags were displayed Sunday in Atlanta's Piedmont Park in honor of coronavirus victims in the state of Georgia, an action promoted by local activists and survivors of the pandemic. (Camera: ERIK LESSER)SHOT LIST: WHITE FLAGS DISPLAYED IN HONOR OF THE VICTIMS OF CORONAVIRUS IN ATLANTA'S PIEDMONT PARK.