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The first international travellers arrive in Thai holiday destination Phuket on a quarantine-free scheme as the country tries to reboot its depleted tourism industry despite enduring its worst virus outbreak. IMAGES
Quezon City, Mar 1 (EFE/EPA).- Protest calling for free and safe COVID-19 vaccines took place outside a hospital in Manila as Philippines began Monday its immunization campaign against covid-19 by vaccinating several health authorities. The country received its first 600,000 doses of the Chinese Sinovac jab the day before, donated by China’s government, authorities said in a statement.Dr. Gerardo Legaspi, director of the General Hospital of the Philippines, one of the largest in the country, was the first to be vaccinated, followed by other authorities, such as the head of vaccine management, Carlito Galvez, government officials and hospital health personnel. (Camera: ROLEX DELA PENA). SHOT LIST: PEOPLE RALLY OUTSIDE THE LUNG CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES IN QUEZON CITY, METRO MANILA, PHILIPPINES, CALLING FOR FREE AND SAFE COVID-19 VACCINE.
Vienna, Oct 9 (EFE) .- (Camera: Antonio Sánchez Solís) A co-worker of Elisabeth has tested positive for COVID. A relative of Anna has also been infected. Maria has just returned from abroad. The three have been to one of the two 'self-services' in which the city of Vienna has already carried out thousands of free tests.The first of these 'teststraßen' (literally 'test street') was opened in mid-August for those returning from Croatia, one of the favourite holiday destinations for Austrians and where infections soared in late summer.The operation was extended to those who arrived from other countries, and even from other regions of Austria, and later to those who had been in contact with confirmed positives.FOOTAGE OF THE SERVICE.SOUNDBITES AND TRANSLATIONS OF:Elisabeth, a user of the service: 1- "A colleague from work has tested positive. I don't have to come, but my boss has told me that safety is safety, and that it is better for me to take the test because, otherwise, the disease can infect office". Corina Had, spokesperson for the crisis cabinet of the Vienna City Council: 2.- "So far we have done 55,000 tests, of which about 5,000 have tested positive. So we have located many positives that we have been able to isolate, and thus prevent the spread of Covid-19 in Vienna."
More than 10,000 people including prominent opposition politicians gather in a central Moscow square to demand free and fair local polls after authorities refused to register popular candidates for elections to the capital's parliament. IMAGES
Women rights groups hold a protest in Tel Aviv calling for a deal to free the hostages taken by Hamas on 7 October. Hamas militants seized about 250 hostages. Israel says 132 remain in Gaza including at least 29 people believed to have been killed. IMAGES
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