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Added on the 06/05/2021 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Hong Kong's leader John Lee announces that the city will fully scrap the mask mandate: "I have an announcement to make, the mask mandate will be fully scrapped starting tomorrow, 1st March." SOUNDBITE
Images show the Ramada Hotel in Schiphol, Netherlands where Europe's highest number of people so far with the Omicron strain of Covid-19 are being kept in isolation. IMAGES
Hong Kong, Sep 2 (EFE/EPA).- A local real estate investment trust and the Civil Service Bureau organised Wednesday a walk-in vaccination session in a shopping mall in Hong Kong and offered a free bag of rice to those who took the jab in order to boost vaccination rates in the city. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE)SHOT LIST: COVID-19 VACCINATION DRIVE IN A MALL IN HONG KONG, CHINA.
WHO Europe director Hans Kluge warns of another 236,000 Covid-19 deaths in Europe by December 1, saying that "several countries" are observing an "increased burden on hospitals". SOUNDBITE
Tokyo, Apr 29 (EFE/EPA).- The number of daily Covid-19 infections in Tokyo on Thursday crossed 1,000 for the first time since the end of January, while the Japanese capital and other regions of the country remain under a health emergency due to a surge in cases.The Tokyo metropolitan area recorded 1,027 new cases, showing a continued increase in infections in the capital as a part of the fourth wave across the country.In Osaka prefecture, the hardest hit by the current wave of infections, there were 1,117 new cases reported on Thursday and a record 44 daily deaths. (Camera: FRANCK ROBICHON).SHOT LIST: COMMUTERS WEARING FACE MASKS AT A SUBWAY STATION IN TOKYO, JAPAN.