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Added on the 05/01/2021 09:26:05 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Beijing residents queue for Covid tests as China faces its worst outbreak since the peak of the first wave in early 2020. The capital city is sealing off whole neighbourhoods where handfuls of cases have been detected, while eastern Shanghai is recording dozens of daily deaths. IMAGES
Workers in PPE test residents, including elderly and children, in a locked-down Shanghai residential district. Shanghai, a city of 25 million and China's economic engine room, has become the heart of the country's biggest outbreak since the peak of the first virus wave in Wuhan over two years ago, rattling the country's adherence to a strict zero-Covid policy. Residents locked down since early April have complained of food shortages and over-zealous officials forcing them into state quarantine, as authorities rush to construct tens of thousands of beds to house Covid-19 patients with daily infections topping 20,000. IMAGES
Tokyo, Aug 29 (EFE/EPA).- Dozens of young people lined up from early morning Sunday outside a COVID-19 vaccination venue recently set up by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government at Shibuya district in the hope to get a vaccination slot by participating in a vaccine lottery. (Camera: FRANCK ROBICHON).SHOT LIST: YOUNG PEOPLE LINE UP TO GET A VACCINATION LOTTERY TICKET IN TOKYO, JAPAN.
New Taipei, Jun 8 (EFE/EPA).- An exhibition center in New Taipei has been turned into a COVID-19 mass vaccination site as Taiwan rushes to contain the worst outbreak it has seen since the pandemic began. Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen urged people not to travel for the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival holiday, as the government extended the national COVID-19 alert level 3 to 28 June amid a spike in infections. (Camera: RITCHIE TONGO). SHOT LIST: AN EXHIBITION CENTER THAT HAS BEEN TURNED INTO A COVID-19 MASS VACCINATION CENTER IN NEW TAIPEI CITY, TAIWAN.
Jakarta, Jun 8 (EFE/EPA).- Indonesia continued Tuesday its COVID-19 vaccination drive as several malls were turned into vaccination sites to help speed up the process.Indonesia has so far recorded over 1.8 million cases of COVID-19 and 51,000 deaths since the beginning of pandemic. (Camera: BAGUS INDAHONO).SHOT LIST: A COVID-19 VACCINATION DRIVE IN JAKARTA, INDONESIA.
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