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Mexico City, Aug 19 (EFE).- Mexico has reached and exceeded the grim milestone of 250,000 confirmed Covid-19 deaths even as the country has eclipsed its previous record high for number of daily cases amid a third wave of the pandemic.(CAMERA:América Neri)
Mexico City, Jul 20 (EFE).- The third wave of the coronavirus pandemic in Mexico is having its greatest impact among middle-aged people and individuals who have not been vaccinated, the government said Tuesday.Mexico detected 68,637 new infections last week, an increase of more than 36 percent over the previous week that brought the cumulative total since the start of the pandemic to 2.66 million.Covid-19 has claimed more than 236,000 lives in Mexico, a death toll exceeded by only the United States, Brazil and India. (Camera: MIGUEL ANGEL ANDRADE). SHOT LIST: MEXICO'S DEPUTY HEALTH SECRETARY, HUGO LOPEZ-GATELL, SPEAKS AT A PRESS CONFERENCE IN MEXICO CITY, MEXICO.SOUND BITES: HUGO LOPEZ-GATELL, MEXICO'S DEPUTY HEALTH SECRETARY (IN SPANISH). TRANSLATION: 1. The majority of the people hospitalized for Covid at this moment are people under 52 and an enormous majority are people who weren't vaccinated, this is 97 percent.2. We have a society already long tired - fatigued - of having these long months of epidemic. What one can ask of society in terms of reduction of mobility is not the same today as it was in February 2020.
Lisbon, Jun 29 (EFE) .- (Camera: Andrea Caballero de Mingo) The situation "is going to get complicated". The Portuguese Minister of Health, Marta Temido, no longer hides the Government's concern about the fourth wave that is shaking Portugal and the "fast" advance of the delta variant, dominant in much of the country.FOOTAGE OF THE CITY OF LISBON.SOUNDBITES IN PORTUGUESE OF ANDRÉ, ANABELA AND JOAO FONSECA.Translation:André (bar waiter): It had a very negative impact on the business, it mainly affected commerce and restaurants. The restrictions that were imposed made it difficult for us. Many cafes and restaurants had to close, they couldn't hold out. And we go through a lot of difficulties because this is a place where we live a lot from tourism.Anabela (shopkeeper at the Ladra Fair): There are far fewer customers. They do not allow many posts because the customers are few and the pandemic is going to get worse. He sold many. 300 euros. Now 100 or 80 or so. Now it would be better to restrict more a little because this is very very wrong.
Colombo, May 3 (EFE/EPA).- The Sri Lankan government has stepped up Covid-19 testings as the country is facing a new wave of infections. Sri Lankan government on Sunday restricted the number of air passengers arriving in the country for two week and also closed schools, universities, movie theaters and have canceled all other mass gathering events across the country in order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. (Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE).SHOT LIST: SRI LANKANS UNDERGOING COVID-19 SWAB TESTS IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
The peak of the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in France "appears to be behind us", Prime Minister Jean Castex says, announcing that travel restrictions will be relaxed from early next month. Castex tells reporters there has been a "drop in the circulation of the virus" over the last 10 days, confirming that restrictions confining people to a 10-kilometre (six-mile, ed) radius of their homes would be dropped from May 3. SOUNDBITE
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