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Tokyo, July 27 (EFE/EPA).- Tokyo on Tuesday added 2,848 new Covid-19 cases, the highest daily rise of infections in the Olympic host city since the pandemic began.The record spike in daily infections comes in the middle of the global sporting event that opened last Friday.The figure is more than the previous record of Jan.7 when health authorities detected 2,520 cases in the Japanese capital, currently in the fourth state of emergency since the pandemic began. (Camera: ARCHIVE). ARCHIVE FOOTAGE SHOWS TOKYO 2020 BANNERS LINING THE STREETS OF TOKYO AND DEMONSTRATORS PROTEST AGAINST THE TOKYO 2020 OLYMPICS IN TOKYO, JAPAN.
Tokyo, Apr 8 (EFE/EPA).- Authorities in the Japanese capital, Tokyo, are preparing to once again tighten their anti-COVID measures amid amid a record number of Covid-19 infections in the metropolitan area.The number of infections in Tokyo are continuing to rise. A total of 545 new infections were reported onThursday.Tokyo and Osaka, Japan's two largest cities, are affected by a resurgence of infection cases since the central government lifted the state of emergency on 21 March. With more than 500 new coronavirus cases reported for two consecutive days, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike asked the government for stronger measures to curve the spread of COVID-19. (Camera: FRANCK ROBICHON). SHOT LIST: COMMUTERS AT THE SHIBUYA STATION IN TOKYO, AND PEDESTRIANS WEARING PROTECTIVE FACE MASKS WALK THROUGH SHIBUYA SCRAMBLE CROSSING IN TOKYO, JAPAN.
Bangkok, Sep 2 (EFE/EPA).- Anti-government protesters took to the streets of Bangkok Thursday to occupy a main road and demand Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan Ocha to resign over the government's handling of the COVID-19 crisis.(Camera: RUNGROJ YONGRIT)SHOT LIST: ANTI GOVERNMENT PROTESTS IN BANGKOK, THAILAND.
More than 6,400 deaths were recorded in Africa from Covid-19 for the week ending August 1, according to the World Health Organization, a new weekly death toll record. SOUNDBITE
Bali, Aug 5 (EFE/EPA).-The Indonesian economy came out of recession in the second quarter of the year with a year-on-year growth of over 7 percent despite facing, since June, its worst wave of the coronavirus pandemic, whose negative impact is likely to be more noticeable in the coming quarters.The country's gross domestic product (GDP) expanded by 7.07 percent year-on-year between April and June and increased by 3.31 percent over the first quarter of the year, which is the first GDP growth in five quarters, the country's statistics bureau, Statistics Indonesia, locally known as BPS, announced on Thursday.(cAmera: MADE NAGI)SHOT LIST: EMPTY BEACHES IN BALI, INDONESIA.
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