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Berlin, Mar 23 (EFE).- Germany will tighten its lockdown measures for a five-day period over the Easter holidays in a bid to stem a third wave of Covid-19.Chancellor Angela Merkel and the heads of the country's 16 federal states made this decision early Tuesday following 11 hours of talks to assess the country's current pandemic situation.Political leaders agreed that all stores apart from grocery stores, pharmacies and gas stations would close during the holiday weekend between April 1 through 5.Public gatherings will be banned during that time, too.Merkel said the number of Covid-19 cases was rising exponentially, adding the situation in Germany was serious.Leaders also agreed to extend the country’s coronavirus lockdown until April 18, with private gatherings limited to one person from another household."It is absolutely essential that we are hitting the emergency brake," said Merkel, justifying the strict measures in view of the growing number of infections.The chancellor underlined that it is important to ease the pressure on intensive care units as well as control the spread of more contagious coronavirus variants.Lockdown measures have left almost all shops in Germany shut since December 16, while restaurants and bars have been closed since early November.Earlier this month, the country allowed hairdressers, florists and hardware stores to reopen for business in some areas. VIDEO: ARCHIVE
Athens (Greece), Sep 13 (EFE) .- (Camera: Yannis Chryssoverghis) The school year began this Monday in Greece with classrooms one hundred percent occupied and amid concerns that this could cause an upturn in infections daily covid-19, which now exceed 2,000 a day.FOOTAGE OF STUDENTS COMING BACK TO THEIR CLASSROOMS IN ATHENS, GREECE
Kashmir (India), May 24 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Farooq Khan) India surpassed on Monday 300,000 coronavirus deaths after recording more than 4,000 daily deaths, as Indian Kashmir extended its lockdown to curb the spread of the virus.FOOTAGE OF KASHMIR, INDIA.
Bangkok, Apr 30 (EFE/EPA).- Thai health officials carried out Friday a Covid-19 nasal swab test drive at the Thai-Japanese Stadium in Bangkok.Together with other provinces, Bangkok was declared a maximum control area and is expected to go under partial lockdown from May 1 in a bid to contain the continued rise in infections.(Camera: DIEGO AZUBEL)SHOT LIST: HEALTH OFFICIALS CARRY OUT A COVID-19 NASAL SWAB TEST DRIVE AT THE THAI-JAPANESE STADIUM IN BANGKOK, THAILAND.
New Delhi, Apr 20 (EFE).- New Delhi has been put under a six-day lockdown until next Monday, April 5.India is witnessing an intense second wave of the virus which has led several states including Maharashtra and the capital, New Delhi and Madhya Pradesh to impose new restrictions. (Camera: DAVID ASTA ALARES).SHOT LIST: B-ROLL OF DAILY LIFE AMID CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, IN NEW DELHI, INDIA.
Bogota, Apr 10 (EFE).- The major cities of Colombia Saturday began the first weekend of strict lockdowns in a bid to reduce the spread of the third wave of the coronavirus following several days of more than 10,000 daily infections.Bogotá, Medellín, and Barranquilla woke up with lower-than-usual traffic and public transportation.Authorities imposed a night curfew in Cali and Cartagena, which also closed the beaches in the afternoon. (Camera: JUAN DIEGO LOPEZ). SHOT LIST: ALMOST EMPTY BOLIVAR SQUARE AND AN ALMOST EMPTY JIMENEZ AVENUE IN BOGOTA, COLOMBIA.
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