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The peak of the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in France "appears to be behind us", Prime Minister Jean Castex says, announcing that travel restrictions will be relaxed from early next month. Castex tells reporters there has been a "drop in the circulation of the virus" over the last 10 days, confirming that restrictions confining people to a 10-kilometre (six-mile, ed) radius of their homes would be dropped from May 3. SOUNDBITE
Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine confers more than 50% protection against the virus within 10 days of receiving the first dose. Pfizer, which developed the vaccine with BioNTech, said the vaccine was more than 95% after 2 doses. The two vaccine doses are intended to be administered 21 days apart. According to UPI, data suggests that the vaccine is effective for everyone regardless of weight or age. The U.S. federal government has agreed to purchase enough of the vaccine to inoculate 50 million people.
Bogota, Oct 7 (EFE).- Colombia has recorded Tuesday almost 900,000 cases of COVID-19 and 27,000 deaths after seven months since the pandemic first arrived in the country. Despite the decrease in daily figures, the authorities said that they have already prepared for the possible second wave in the next few months. (Camera: JUAN DIEGO LOPEZ).B-ROLL OF THE STREETS IN BOGOTA, COLOMBIA.
Lima, Apr 14 (EFE).- Peru exceeded 10,000 COVID-19 infections on Tuesday and reached 230 deaths from the disease after 30 days of the social isolation measures and curfew dictated by the Government to face the pandemic.In the midst of the quarantine, hundreds of people who were trying to reach the central region of Huancavelica resumed their march on Tuesday after being immobilized on Monday by security forces.The walkers, mostly peasants and people with low economic resources, among whom there are numerous children, point out that they need to return to their villages out of necessity and to comply with the restrictions ordered by the Government in their hometowns.Precisely on Tuesday the government authorized interprovincial transfers on an exceptional basis and for humanitarian reasons for people who remain in a place other than their residence or workplace.(Camera: MIKHAIL HUACAN)FOOTAGE SHOWS PERUVIANS MARCHING BACK TO THEIR HOMETOWNS TO COMPLY WITH GOVERNMENT ORDERS.
Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne holds a meeting on Covid-19 via videoconference with the prefects and directors of regional health agencies, as Europe currently experiences a seventh wave of the epidemic. IMAGES
A long line of people snakes across a park in Washington, DC, at a makeshift Covid-19 test site near the White House, as people prepare for holiday festivities, just a few days away. IMAGES
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