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Bangkok, Jul 27 (EFE/EPA).- Thailand on Tuesday reported more than 14,000 coronavirus infections and nearly 120 deaths due to the virus as pressure on hospitals intensifies amid the country's worst so far Covid-19 outbreak.Authorities have sounded an alert that hospitals in Bangkok were at a critical point with 100 percent occupancy.The health data showed that the country, the first to detect the virus outside China in January 2020, added 14,150 new cases and 118 deaths over the last 24 hours. (Camera: NARONG SANGNAK).SHOT LIST: THAI RAILWAY POLICE WALK INSIDE A PASSENGER TRAIN WHILE WAITING FOR COVID-19 PATIENTS ARRIVING TO BOARD A TRAIN BRINGING THEM BACK TO THEIR HOMELAND PROVINCE; AND THAI COVID-19 PATIENTS ARRIVE TO BOARD TRAINS BRINGING THEM BACK TO THEIR HOMELAND PROVINCE, AT THE RANGSIT TRAIN STATION ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF BANGKOK, THAILAND.
Bangkok, Jul 20 (EFE/EPA).- Thailand has tightened lockdown measures for 13 high-risk provinces, including Bangkok, in order to curb a surge in COVID-19 cases that spiked in recent weeks. Starting on 20 July 2021, with strict health measures, people are not allowed to go outdoors unless necessary, movements in the high-risk provinces will be restricted and shopping malls will stay closed. People are encouraged to work from home and dine-in services at restaurants are banned. Hundreds of construction sites will also close. Supermarkets and pharmacies will stay open until 8pm, with a curfew starting from 9pm to 4am. (Camera: NARONG SANGNAK).SHOT LIST: CLOSED SHOPS, LESS CAR VOLUME ON A NEARLY EMPTY STREET, AND A CLOSED SHOPPING MALL IN BANGKOK, THAILAND.
Bangkok, Jul 8 (EFE/EPA).- Thailand’s health authorities said Thursday they had proposed increasing government measures to combat the strong Covid-19 wave the country is suffering, the worst since the beginning of the pandemic.Among the proposals is the restriction of movement in areas deemed high risk, including Bangkok, as well as the closure of non-essential establishments for at least 14 days, Kiattiphum Wongrajit, the health ministry’s permanent secretary, told media. (Camera: DIEGO AZUBEL).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE WAIT TO GET A DOSE OF COVID-19 VACCINE AT A VACCINATION CENTER SET UP INSIDE THE BANG SUE GRAND STATION IN BANGKOK, THAILAND.
Denpasar / Jakarta, Jul 1 (EFE/EPA).- Indonesia's president on Thursday announced a series of emergency measures, to be in effect between July 3 and 21, to contain a Covid-19 outbreak linked to the Delta variant in the country."The government will mobilize all available resources to contain the spread of Covid-19," Joko Widodo said in a video message, in which he also announced more beds in hospitals and quarantine centers for the infected, as well as the availability of oxygen tanks.The measures are mainly focused on the islands of Java, where more than 50 percent of the country's 270 million inhabitants live, and Bali, a popular tourist destination. (Camera: MADE NAGI / MAST IRHAM).B-ROLL OF BALI, INDONESIA AND A FUNERAL OF COVID-19 VICTIMS AT ROROTAN CEMETERY, JAKARTA, INDONESIA.
Bangkok, Jun 29 (EFE/EPA).- Night-time entertainment workers, including massage parlors, spa, bar and karaoke workers, held a rally on Tuesday to call for COVID-19 relief measures after the government ordered the closure of all entertainment venues.Without any aid, Thai government reimposed COVID-19 restrictions, including a ban on dine-in services at restaurants, a shutdown of all construction sites, quarantine of construction workers dormitories and prohibiting workers from leaving the capital of Bangkok and several provinces for 30 days as a prevention measure to contain the new wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Thai government has been widely accused by the public and opposition of failing in several aspects of its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.Thailand is facing a new wave of COVID-19 and the outbreak shows no sign of slowing down. (Camera: NARONG SANGNAK).SHOT LIST: ENTERTAINMENT WORKERS PARTICIPATE IN A RALLY CALLING FOR COVID-19 RELIEF MEASURES, OUTSIDE THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE IN BANGKOK, THAILAND.
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