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Rome (Italy), Dec 25 (EFE), (Camera: Antonello Nusca).- The pandemic has forced The Basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere, Rome, to cancelthe traditional Christmas Lunch with the poor.FOOTAGE OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMUNITY OF SANT'EGIDIO ON CHRISTMAS DAY.
Lisbon, Sep 18 (EFE), (Camera: Paula Fernández).- The pandemic has not only caused infections and deaths in Portugal but it has also lead to poverty. Thousands of workers with stable jobs who overnight they stopped earning money and now have to turn to charity to survive.According to data from the Portuguese Institute for Employment and Vocational Training, in July there were 407,000 people registered in the unemployment centres, 37% more than a year ago, although the figure is highly questioned by economists, unions and politicians who point out that the real unemployment rate is even higher.FOOTAGE OF FOOD BANK IN LISBON AND FAMOES PARISH IN ODIVELAS. SOUNDBITES OF:-ISABEL JONET, PRESIDENT OF THE PORTUGUESE FEDERATION OF FOOD BANKS: "In two months we received more than 60,000 people asking for help. It is a huge increase, incredibly huge. It happened overnight. We started to receive requests and more requests. There were days when we received 2,000 help requests. It was very distressing because we did not see that entities were able to respond to all these people.""They are people who had never experienced poverty and suddenly, from one moment to another, they were left with nothing. They had no money, not even a euro because they had nowhere to work. Their workplaces were closed. For example, we are talking about hairdressers, personal trainers, physical therapists, dentists, beauticians, domestic workers, street vendors, taxi drivers, Uber drivers ... "."A fifth of the population lives in a situation of poverty. This kind of poverty was traditionally more linked to age, people with low retirement pensions. A set of measures was implemented, such as the solidarity supplement for the elderly or the increase in lower pensions, but we still have people with pensions below 180 euros a month."-SOFIA MARTINS, COORDINATOR OF THE FOOD BANK AT THE FAMOES PARISH COMMUNITY CENTRE:"Before the pandemic, until March, the food bank helped 48 families from Pontinha and Famões. Nowadays, in August, they are about 140 families. There was a fairly significant increase due to the pandemic."-PAULO PINHEIRO, DIRECTOR OF THE FAMOES PARISH COMMUNITY CENTRE:"Poverty is not only visible, but it is always a kind of iceberg. There is a type of poverty outside, visible, and people take the initiative and turn to help. But there is also a group of families to whom it is very difficult to help because it is ashamed poverty, they are not used to it or they do not want to say publicly that they are overcoming (financial) difficulties."-ANA PAULA, NEIGHBOUR WHO HAS TURNED TO THE FOOD BANK:"My husband and my baby tested positive and I had to stay at home to take care of them. I was laid-off at work and during the pandemic, I could not leave home since I had to self-isolate after tested positive. I sought help by calling the City Council and the community centre."
Some restaurants and retail shops reopen at limited capacity in Fort Lauderdale as Florida begins to ease coronavirus lockdown restrictions. IMAGES
Rome, Apr 28 (EFE) .-Shops, bars, and restaurants across Italy kept lights on, shutters raised, and doors open on Tuesday night as part of their national flashmob to draw attention to the problems facing business and restuarant owners during the coronavirus lockdown Camera: JORGE ORTIZ). FOOTAGE SHOWS SHOPS, BARS AND RESTUARANTS IN ROME, ITALY, THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE NATIONAL FLASHMOB; AND THE STREETS OF ROME.
To combat the spread of the novel coronavirus, Russia announces the closure of all shops and restaurants in the country from 28 March to 5 April, with the exception of food shops and pharmacies. The country has officially recorded 840 cases of COVID-19, including two deaths. IMAGES
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