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Kathmandu May 7 (EFE/EPA).- Nepal is staring at a looming health crisis with record numbers of around 9,000 daily infections as fear grows over a Covid-19 spillover from the neighboring India, which is battling a devastating second wave of the virus.Hundreds of thousands of Nepalese work as seasoned laborers in India, where a rapidly-spreading strain of the virus is partially blamed for the steep rise in widespread infections and deaths.According to officials, thousands of migrant laborers have fled the second-worst affected nation and returned home, possibly infected. (Camera: NARENDRA SHRESTHA).B-ROLL OF THE CITY OF KATHMANDU, NEPAL.
Covid antigen self-test kits are distributed in Queens, New York, where people wait in long lines to get a free test before the Christmas holidays. The US is battling huge infection surges driven by variant Omicron's rapid spread. IMAGES
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki tells reporters that US President Bidens's speech on the Omicron variant on Tuesday will not be about "locking the country down." SOUNDBITE
Mumbai, Jul 14 (EFE/EPA).- Hundreds of people were seen in a market Wednesday in Mumbai despite the restrictions imposed to prevent the increase of Covid-19 infections.The Indian state of Maharashtra is one of the most affected by Covid-19.According to the latest data from the Indian Ministry of Health, the country has become the third nation in the world to overcome the barrier of 400,000 deaths, only behind the United States and Brazil.(Camera: DIVYAKANT SOLANKI)SHOT LIST: A CROWDED MARKET IN MUMBAI, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA.
Jakarta,, Jul 6 (EFE/EPA).- Indonesia is facing an oxygen shortage amid a new surge of Covid-19 cases. Indonesia accelerated vaccination drives Tuesday while preparing to impose tighter emergency restrictions amid a new surge of COVID-19 cases in Java and Bali. Indonesia has so far recorded more than 2.3 million Covid-19 cases with over 58,000 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic. (Camera: BAGUS INDAHONO).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE QUEUE UP TO REFILL OXYGEN TANKS IN JAKARTA, INDONESIA.
Kathmandu, May 12 (EFE/EPA).- Hospitals in Nepal are reeling under the shortage of oxygen which is needed for coronavirus infected patients as the country is struggling with record numbers of infections and COVID-19-related deaths. (Camera: NARENDRA SHRESTHA).SHOT LIST: NEPALESES WAIT TO REFILL OXYGEN CYLINDERS AT AN OXYGEN FACTORY IN KATHMANDU, NEPAL.