Description
Added on the 15/12/2020 13:28:47 - Copyright : France 24 EN
Images show a Vienna street as Austria returns to a partial lockdown in the most dramatic Covid-19 restrictions seen in Western Europe for months after a weekend of violence against virus measures rocked several cities on the continent. The Alpine nation is also imposing a sweeping vaccine mandate from February 1, one of few places in the world to announce such a step so far. IMAGES
Colombo, Aug 20 (EFE/EPA).- The Sri Lankan government announced Friday a 10-day nationwide lockdown responding to calls from health officials, lawmakers and religious leaders over spiraling cases of the coronavirus in the island nation.The lockdown will come into effect from 10 pm on Friday (Aug.20) and extend until Monday (Aug.30).(Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE)SHOT LIST: VEHICLES QUEUE TO GET FUEL FROM A PETROL PUMP, PANIC BUYERS AT A LOCAL MARKET IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
Madrid residents vote during the last hour of voting in regional elections, which was also open to people either quarantining or who have tested positive for Covid-19. The election is expected to deliver a comfortable victory to the city's hardline leader of the right-wing Popular Party (PP), Isabel Diaz Ayuso, who has soared in prominence for stubbornly resisting virus restrictions. IMAGES
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces new stricter lockdown measures aimed at fighting the rising Covid-19 case numbers in the country. Britain -- one of the worst-affected countries by the global health crisis, with over 75,000 deaths -- has been pinning its hopes on a mass vaccination drive to halt the resurgent virus. SOUNDBITE
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces a new four-week coronavirus lockdown across England, a dramatic strategy shift following warnings hospitals would become overwhelmed under his current system of localised restrictions. SOUNDBITE
Liberian President George Weah announces a state of emergency and a lockdown of four states, including Montserrado, where the capital Monrovia is located, in order to contain the spread of coronavirus. New cases have been registered in the past days in this country still recovering from the 2014-2016 Ebola crisis. IMAGES
|
Support : Technical 
- Content 
- Editors 
