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Kathmandu May 7 (EFE/EPA).- Nepal is staring at a looming health crisis with record numbers of around 9,000 daily infections as fear grows over a Covid-19 spillover from the neighboring India, which is battling a devastating second wave of the virus.Hundreds of thousands of Nepalese work as seasoned laborers in India, where a rapidly-spreading strain of the virus is partially blamed for the steep rise in widespread infections and deaths.According to officials, thousands of migrant laborers have fled the second-worst affected nation and returned home, possibly infected. (Camera: NARENDRA SHRESTHA).B-ROLL OF THE CITY OF KATHMANDU, NEPAL.
Kolkata/Bangalore/Mumbai, Apr 19 (EFE/EPA).-India, the world's second worst affected country by the coronavirus pandemic, continues to register record daily caseloads and on Monday crossed the grim milestone of 15 million infections, on a day when capital New Delhi announced a week-long lockdown fearing a collapse of the healthcare system. (Camera: JAGADEESH NV/PIYAL ADHIKARY/DIVYAKANT SOLANKI)SHOT LIST: B-ROLL OF KOLKATA, BANGALORE, AND MUMBAI (INDIA) AMID THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
Srinagar/Kolkata, Jul 23 (EFE/EPA).- Several regions in India imposed fresh restriction on Thursday to stem the rapidly aggravating Covid-19 pandemic as the country struggles with a nationwide tally of infections crossing the 1.2-million mark and fatalities nearing 30,000.While most of the infections have been reported from bigger states like Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh with very high caseloads, the surge has also gripped the relatively smaller states with a significantly large number of cases recorded in the last couple of weeks.India now has the third-highest number of coronavirus cases in the world, after the United States (4.1 million) and Brazil (2.2 million). (Camera: FAROOQ KHAN/PIYAL ADHIKARY).SHOT LIST: THE 'RED ZONE' DISTRICTS IN SRINAGAR, KASHMIR, AND HEALTH WORKERS DISINFECT STREETS AND RESTAURANTS IN KOLKATA, INDIA.
Covid antigen self-test kits are distributed in Queens, New York, where people wait in long lines to get a free test before the Christmas holidays. The US is battling huge infection surges driven by variant Omicron's rapid spread. IMAGES
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki tells reporters that US President Bidens's speech on the Omicron variant on Tuesday will not be about "locking the country down." SOUNDBITE
Skopje (North Macedonia), Aug 17 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Georgi Licovski) The number of new coronavirus infections has grown at an alarming pace in North Macedonia in the past two weeks, prompting the government to implement new restrictions for unvaccinated residents.People who have not been inoculated with the full course of the Covid-19 vaccine will not be allowed to access cafés, restaurants and other indoor public spaces.STOCK FOOTAGE OF THE CITY OF SKOPJE AND HOSPIITALITY SECTOR
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