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Seoul, Sep 24 (EFE/EPA).- South Korea reported 2,434 new Covid-19 cases on Friday, almost 700 more than the previous day and a new record after one of the most important holiday periods in the country.Of the new cases recorded, 2,416 were local infections and the remaining 18 were detected in overseas arrivas, according to data released by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency on Friday.The Seoul metropolitan area, made up of the capital, the nearby city of Incheon and the surrounding province of Gyeonggi, also reached an all-time high of 1,747 new cases, 72.3 percent of the total. (Camera: ARCHIVE). ARCHIVE FOOTAGE SHOWS PEOPLE WAIT TO BE TESTED AT A COVID-19 TESTING STATION IN SEOUL; SOUTH KOREAN HEALTH WORKERS GATHER TO DEMAND GUARANTEE OF LABOR RIGHTS AMID PANDEMIC; AND SOUTH KOREAN SEPARATED FAMILIES AND THEIR DESCENDANTS HAVE AN ANCESTOR-MEMORIAL SERVICE IN IMJINGAK PARK DURING CHUSEOK HOLIDAYS NEAR THE DEMILITARIZED ZONE IN PAJU, GYEONGGI-DO PROVINCE, SOUTH KOREA.
Seoul, Sep 24 (EFE/EPA).- South Korea reported 2,434 new Covid-19 cases on Friday, almost 700 more than the previous day and a new record after one of the most important holiday periods in the country.Of the new cases recorded, 2,416 were local infections and the remaining 18 were detected in overseas arrivas, according to data released by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency on Friday.The Seoul metropolitan area, made up of the capital, the nearby city of Incheon and the surrounding province of Gyeonggi, also reached an all-time high of 1,747 new cases, 72.3 percent of the total. (Camera: JEON HEON-KYUN). SHOT LIST: PEOPLE WAIT TO BE TESTED AT A COVID-19 TESTING CENTER IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA.
Tangerang, Sep 6 (EFE/EPA).- Schools in the Indonesian city of Tangerang reopened Monday with limited number of students after the government began easing COVID-19 restrictions. The Indonesian government officially announced the implementation of restrictions on community activities (PPKM) last week, from Aug. 31 to Sep. 6, and lowered the status of a number of regions from PPKM level 4 to PPKM level 3.Indonesia has recorded over 4.1 COVID-19 cases with more than 130,000 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic. (Camera: ADI WEDA).SHOT LIST: STUDENTS RETURN TO SCHOOL IN TANGERANG, INDONESIA.
Bangkok, Aug 4 (EFE/EPA).- Thailand on Wednesday recorded new daily Covid-19 highs of 20,200 cases and 188 deaths, despite strong restrictions imposed in the outbreak epicenter Bangkok and 28 other provinces.The outbreak, linked to the Delta variant of the virus, has led the Thai government to impose stay-at-home orders, a night curfew, travel bans, gathering limits of five people and closed restaurants, bars, parks and almost all commercial establishments. (Camera: NARONG SANGNAK).SHOT LIST: THAI DEPUTY ABBOT OF MAHA PROMPHONG AND SOME OF BUDDHIST MONKS HELP COLLECT SWAB SAMPLES FROM PEOPLE TO TEST FOR COVID-19 IN THE COMMUNITY AREA OF WAT SUTHI WARARAM TEMPLE, IN BANGKOK, THAILAND.
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Jul 19 (EFE).- Vietnam on Monday tightened restrictions in 19 provinces after recording 5,887 Covid-19 infections the previous day, a figure that in 24 hours quadrupled the 1,465 cases detected in all of 2020.The increase in cases has been reflected in mortality, with 254 deaths out of a total of more than 43,000 cases. On May 15 only 35 people had died from Covid-19.(Camera: LINH LUONGTHAI)SHOT LIST: B-ROLL OF HANOI AMID THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
Bogor, Jul 13 (EFE/EPA).- Indonesian authorities have imposed tighter restrictions, from 3 to 20 July 2021, amid a new surge of COVID-19 cases in Java and Bali. Indonesia has so far recorded over 2,500,000 coronavirus (COVID-19 disease) cases since the beginning of the pandemic. (Camera: BAGUS INDAHONO).SHOT LIST: INDONESIANS LINE UP AT A COVID-19 RESTRICTION CHECK POINT AT BOGOR TRAIN STATION DURING THE IMPOSITION OF THE COVID-19 EMERGENCY RESTRICTIONS, IN BOGOR, WEST JAVA, INDONESIA.
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