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Added on the 11/01/2021 13:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Members of Japan's elderly community receive their Covid-19 shots as a new mass vaccination center opens in Tokyo in an effort to accelerate the country's vaccination rollout amid a fourth wave of infections. The centers, run by the Self-Defense Forces, will operate for three months from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. local time, including weekends and national holidays. They will use the Moderna vaccine developed by the United States, which was approved by the government on Friday. Japan hopes the mass venues, aiming to inoculate up to 10,000 people a day in Tokyo. IMAGES
The Stade de France in Seine-Saint-Denis, to the north of Paris, is transformed into a 'vaccinodrome' as of Tuesday, with a target of 10,000 injections of the Covid-19 vaccine per week. IMAGES
Oakland, Feb 17 (EFE/EPA).- A new drive-thru COVID-19 mass vaccination site opened on Tuesday at Oakland Coliseum in California, where multiple cities continue to grapple with securing vaccine supply. (Camera: JOHN MABANGLO). SHOT LIST: A DRIVE THRU COVID-19 MASS VACCINATION SITE AT THE OAKLAND ARENA / RINGCENTRAL COLISEUM IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, US.
Rome (Italy), Feb 11 (EFE) .- (Camera: Álvaro Padilla) Italy inaugurated on Thursday a new vaccination centre at the Roman airport of Fiumicino, open 24 hours a day, where up to 3,000 people a day can be immunized, to accelerate and complete the first phase of the process, which includes healthcare personnel.FOOTAGE OF THE VACCINATION CENTRE AT FIUMICINO AIRPORT. SOUNDBITES AND TRANSLATIONS OF:Ivan Bassato, director of airport operations:"We started this morning, on time at 08:00, we have already vaccinated around 100 people. This place has been designed and built together with the Italian Red Cross at the Rome airport with the idea of ??having the maximum daily administration of vaccines. It is a real factory, 1500m2 covered in a total area of ??22,000 square meters. We have organized the centre to have a maximum daily administration of 3,000 vaccines. Today we start with about 500 and in the next few days we intend to rapidly increase to more than 1,000."CARLOTA MARRANGONE (NURSE)"So far (we have vaccinated) about 170 people, but throughout the day 500 are planned."
Santa Clara, Feb 9 (EFE/EPA).- A mass COVID-19 vaccination site opened Tuesday at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California. The County of Santa Clara Health System began vaccinating its Santa Clara County residents on opening day, but plans to increase capcity vaccinations to 15,000 people per day when vaccine supplies increase to make Levi's Stadium California's largest vaccination site. (Camera: JOHN MABANGLO). SHOT LIST: THE OPENING OF COVID-19 VACCINATION AT LEVI'S STADIUM IN SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA, US.