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Yangon, Feb 3 (EFE/EPA).- Staff from more than 70 hospitals and medical centers in Myanmar responded to calls for a civil disobedience campaign and stopped work on Wednesday to protest against the coup staged by the military earlier this week, the organizers said.Specialists, nurses, dentists, doctors and other health workers from 74 hospitals in more than 30 cities were among the first to go on strike following the military takeover on Monday, according to a statement by the Myanmar Civil Disobedience Movement posted on Facebook. (Camera: LYNN BO BO).SHOT LIST: MEDICAL WORKERS FROM A HOSPITAL IN YANGON, MYANMAR, STAGE A STRIKE TO PROTEST AGAINST MILITARY COUP.
Streets in Yangon are empty as Myanmar marks the second anniversary of the coup that toppled Aung San Suu Kyi's government. Activists called for people across the country to close businesses and stay indoors from 10 am (0330 GMT) to 4 pm. Roads leading to the famous Shwedagon pagoda -- a Buddhist shrine that dominates Yangon's skyline and is usually thronged by worshippers -- were largely deserted. Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military's power grab and bloody crackdown on dissent, which has sparked fighting across swathes of the country and tanked the economy. IMAGES
Sudanese protesters take to the streets of Khartoum to renew demands for civilian rule after last year's military coup. Sudan has been reeling from political unrest, a spiralling economic crisis and a broad security breakdown since army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan led a coup last October 25. IMAGES
Pro-democracy protesters build barricades in the streets of Khartoum as they prepare to launch two more days of civil disobedience against Sudan's military coup. IMAGES
Barcelona (Spain), ??Jul 28 (EFE).- Some 100 people summoned by the Marea Blanca organization gathered on Wednesday in front of the regional Parliament in Barcelona to demand the withdrawal of the reserve measures taken due to the fifth wave of Covid-19, which could limit health professionals when it comes to caring for patients with other types of ailments.Demonstrations protested their discomfort and asked for their holidays to be respected and more staff. FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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