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Quezon City, May 26 (EFE/EPA).- Women registered under the category of nursing mothers on Tuesday received 2,000 pesos ($39) worth of cash subsidy at a school which has been turned into financial aid center in Metro Manila. Public schools could remain closed to physical classes until the month of August, or until various levels of quarantine are lifted in the country, following orders from President Rodrigo Duterte prohibiting face-to-face school classes until a vaccine becomes available against COVID-19. (Camera: ROLEX DELA PENA)FOOTAGE SHOWS WOMEN REGISTERED UNDER THE CATEGORY OF NURSING MOTHERS QUEUE TO RECEIVE CASH AID AT A SCHOOL IN QUEZON CITY, METRO MANILA, PHILIPPINES.
Manila, Apr 20 (EFE/EPA).- Dozens of Filipinos on Monday queued up for free meals from a mobile kitchen set up by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for low income communities affected by the coronavirus pandemic in Quezon City.Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened a martial law-like crackdown in case the number of quarantine violators continues to rise, according to media reports. Police said that more than 100,000 individuals have violated the quarantine protocols - caught outside their homes without valid reasons. The Philippines began massive tests last week to isolate positive, even asymptomatic, cases to contain the disease thanks to donations from China, South Korea and Brunei, in addition to having received a team of Chinese doctors to advise their Filipino colleagues in response to the pandemic. (Camera: ROLEX DELA PENA).SHOT LIST: FILIPINOS QUEUING UP FOR FREE MEALS FROM THE PHILIPPINE ARMED FORCES IN QUEZON CITY, METRO MANILA, THE PHILIPPINES.
Everett, Aug 30 (EFE).- Children and parents in the city Everett, Massachusetts, received Monday a dose of COVID-19 vaccine ahead of the reopening of the schools. (Camera: CJ GUNTHER). B-ROLL OF THE COVID-19 VACCINATION FACILITIES AT A PUBLIC SCHOOL IN EVERETT, MASSACHUSETTS, US.
Colombo, Jun 28 (EFE/EPA).- Sri Lankan senior citizens received on Monday the second dose of the Oxford Astrazeneca (Covishield) COVID-19 vaccine amid the third wave of the pandemic.Sri Lanka is facing a serious shortage of Astrazeneca vaccines to administer the second dose, according to health authorities.The island nation has so far recorded a total of 253,618 COVID-19 cases with 2,944 deaths while a total of 2,605,558 people have received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 900,519 have already received the second one. (Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE). SHOT LIST: SENIOR CITIZENS RECEIVE THE SECOND JAB OF THE OXFORD ASTRAZENECA COVID-19 VACCINE, AT A TEMPORARY VACCINATION SITE IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
People are vaccinated at a drive-through center at the Bonilla Stadium, in the Miraflores district of Lima, as Latin America's Covid-19 death toll is set to hit 1 million. IMAGES