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Bangkok / Manila / Hanoi / Jakarta, Sep 15 (EFE/EPA).- In its worst wave of the pandemic, Southeast Asia has resigned itself to living with Covid-19 and is committed to relaxing restrictions to revive the ailing economy and give its exhausted population a break.Countries such as Vietnam, Thailand or Malaysia, which kept Covid-19 low in 2020, have been facing an exponential increase in cases for months due to the contagious delta variant, originally detected in India. (Camera: ARCHIVE).ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF THE COVID-19 SITUATIONS IN BANGKOK, THAILAND; MANILA, PHILIPPINES; HANOI, VIETNAM AND JAKARTA, INDONESIA.
Indonesia's forest fires continue to rage despite efforts to bring them under control, bringing choking haze to Southeast Asia that has cancelled flights and closed schools. Diane Hodges reports.
G7 top diplomats meet in the Japanese resort town of Karuizawa for talks focused on Asia-Pacific, Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Discussions will set the stage for a leaders' summit in Hiroshima next month. IMAGES
Colombo, Sep 22 (EFE/EPA).- Sri Lanka's health workers staged a protest Wednesday demanding proper facilities and protective equipment needed for Covid -19 related works, additional allowance for overtime work, and special Covid -19 allowance. The trade union action was carried out in most government hospitals throughout the country, according to the relevant trade unions. With the third wave of the pandemic hitting Sri Lanka, health workers too have engaged in a series of protests and demonstrations advancing their demands while the government has not positively responded to their claims. (Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE).SHOT LIST: HEALTH WORKERS HOLDING PLACARDS STAGE A PROTEST DEMANDING SOLUTIONS TO SEVERAL OF THEIR WORK-RELATED ISSUES, OUTSIDE THE NATIONAL HOSPITAL IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
Seoul, Sep 16 (EFE/EPA).- South Korean health workers on Thursday gathered to demand guarantee of labor rights after the country's capital region reported its highest number of Covid-19 infections Wednesday.The figures are worrying as Saturday marks one of the main holiday periods of the country called Chuseok, a festival to celebrate the harvest and honor ancestors in which a large number of people travel from the capital region, where more than half of the national population lives, to other areas of the country. (Camera: JEON HEON-KYUN).SHOT LIST: SOUTH KOREAN WORKERS GATHER TO DEMAND LABOR RIGHTS IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA.