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Last week, the FDA authorized emergency use of the two-dose Pfizer vaccine to battle the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The first doses went to frontline healthcare workers. Three doctors who spoke to Business Insider about what it was like to receive the first dose. The most common side effect was 24 hours of muscle soreness.
Around 115,000 health professionals are suspected to have died from Covid-19 between January 2020 and May 2021 says Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization. SOUNDBITE
Colombo (Sri Lanka), Oct 8 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Chamila Karunarathne) Around 100,000 health workers began a five-hour strike across the country this Friday demanding solutions and the allocation of a payment for risk of covid-19, in addition to other demands.FOOTAGE OF THE PROTESTS IN A COLOMBO HOSPITAL, SRI LANKA.
Colombo, Sep 9 (EFE / EPA) .- Sri Lankan authorities conducted Covid-19 tests in Colombo on Thursday as the country faces its third wave of contagions.Sri Lanka has extended confinement throughout the island until September 13 as a preventive measure to avoid contagion.Since the beginning of the pandemic, Sri Lanka has registered more than 474,000 infections and 10,689 deaths from Covid-19.(Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE)SHOT LIST: COVID-19 TESTING IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
Around 300 volunteer healthcare workers arrive at Orly aiport to head to the French overseas territories of Martinique and Guadeloupe where hospitals are overwhelmed with Covid-19 cases. IMAGES
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