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Bangkok, Feb 15 (EFE/EPA).- Thailand reported 143 new coronavirus infections on Monday and detected its first case of a patient infected with the South African variant of COVID-19, the Department of Disease Control (DDC) said. The infected patient, a 41 years old Thai man who traveled from Tanzania and visited Ethiopia before returning to Thailand, was undergoing mandatory quarantine at a state quarantine facility. Thai officials insisted that the new variant of the virus has so far not spread into the country. (Camera: NARONG SANGNAK).B-ROLL OF DAILY LIFE AMID COVID-19 PANDEMIC, IN BANGKOK, THAILAND.
Images show closed Covid booths in Beijing as cases surge in the Chinese capital. The country is navigating a rapid turn away from its zero-tolerance coronavirus strategy, unwinding years of hardline restrictions. IMAGES
Covid antigen self-test kits are distributed in Queens, New York, where people wait in long lines to get a free test before the Christmas holidays. The US is battling huge infection surges driven by variant Omicron's rapid spread. IMAGES
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa calls for travel bans to be "urgently" lifted "before further damage is done to our economy". Several countries have implemented travel restrictions to South Africa and other African countries in an attempt to stop the spread of the new Covid variant Omicron. SOUNDBITE
Passengers walk in a terminal at Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands after authorities test whether 61 passengers who tested positive for Covid-19 after arriving from South Africa have the new Omicron strain. IMAGES
Cape Town, Oct 16 (EFE/EPA).- The number of bookings from British tourists wanting to visit Cape Town surged after the United Kingdom took South Africa off the country's COVID-19 red list.South Africa was officially taken off the UK's red list on Oct. 11. (Camera: KIM LUDBROOK).B-ROLL OF THE CITY OF CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA.
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